Changes After Construction
The complex was damaged in the fires of 1718 and 1782, and the earthquakes of 1755 and 1894.
Various repairs were carried out by Rahmiye Hanım in 1755, and in the years 1940, 1957–1958, and 1960.
A museum arrangement was made in the complex in 1966.
The complex to which the school is affiliated is currently used as the Foundations Museum of Turkish Construction and Art Works.
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The building is also known as the "Amcazade Hüseyin Pasha Complex Sıbyan Mektebi."
The primary school is located on the front facade of the complex; it consists of two domed sections.
There are shops with cellars beneath the school.
The corridor entered through the door between the shops leads to the small inner courtyard of the school; a restroom is located in the courtyard.
Stairs lead from the courtyard to a landing, providing access to the first and second domed sections of the school; the domes feature pendentives.
