 It was built by the Laz craftsman Usta Hussein in , when the region was part of the Ottoman Empire, and renovated in as suggested by a foundation stone at the base of the minaret.After a period of the Soviet rule, the mosque became functional again in the 1990s.The mosque is a two-storey wooden structure, set in a rectangular ground plan and measuring 8.8 x 9.3 m. The first floor acts as a cellar and the second floor is a prayer room with two tiers of windows.