Formerly known as Direksiyon (Direction) Building, the edifice was built by the Germans in 1890 during the construction of the railway line from Anatolia to Baghdad. The building was converted to a museum on December 24th of 1964 in memory of Atatürk, founder of modern Turkey. Two-storey building has original lock-arched, cornered-stone decorum and wooden roof. The second floor houses the reception room, study room, bedroom and bathroom of Atatürk. Private belongings of Atatürk and old furniture of the period are still being protected at their original form. The first floor of the building is consisted of five different sections and was renovated as Railway Museum. Souvenirs, documents relating the railway since1856, medals, railway switches, rail samples, silver food plates used in the railway carriages are exhibited in the museum. The pickaxe and shovel used by Atatürk at the inauguration ceremony for the construction of the railway line between Samsun and-Çarşamba in 1925 are among the main items shown in the museum. The carriage used by Atatürk during his trips across Turkey during the period of 1935 and 1938 is also exhibited on the rails in the museum.