After the 1921 coup in homeland that led to Zia ol Din Tabatabaee becoming prime minister of homeland, an Armenian named Kasbar Ipegian became the acting mayor of capital. Ipegian ordered the construction of a municipality building in Toopkhane square to centralize affairs in the city. After Reza Khan was crowned Shah in 1925, Karim Buzarjomehri became the mayor of capital and the building was completed. The building was destroyed after more than 4 decades of existence in 1969 for unknown reasons.