Built in about the 1870s during British rule, the current day building of Shyam Sundar Bhavan was used as a school. The multiple rooms with high ceilings and their shared corridors can trace back to this structure of a school from the 1800s. The huge brick gate as the entrance symbolizes a power institution. It opens up into a courtyard in the front that might have served as the common meeting place during breaks. The cast iron railings, the arcade, and the use of jack arches are evident of the colonial type of architecture. 

The building was later on bought in an art auction by the Tandon family in Kannauj, who repurposed the space as their office for the sale of perfumes and also set up two karkhana(perfumeries) on either side of the haveli. The owner of the haveli passed away in 2022 and the property has been disputed among the 9 brothers since.

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The perfumeries at the back are newly built as compared to the rest of the structure. The roof is made of G.I corrugated sheets to withstand heat emitted from the deg-bhapka. The right side of the old building beside the perfumery is used as the storage currently while the front, street facing rooms become the main operating offices. The bhavan has terraces at three different levels, two of which are accessible. The level one terrace becomes the roof for the corridor underneath and also acts as a bridge up to a storage room. The two terraces at the second level are not connected to each other but act as terraces for the individual adjoining rooms. The level one terrace can only be accessed from level two.