Originally built during the Goryeo Kingdom(918-1392) in the compound of the local government offices to the east of the official guest house, this building was first known as Chwigyeongnu. There is a record stating that, when King Gongmin(1351-74) visited Cheongju on his way back to Seoul after having vanquished the Red Turbans, a powerful group of Chinese bandits, in 1361, the 10th year of his reign, he gave a special civil service examination to commemorate the royal visit and announced the roster of the successful applicants from this pavilion. Yi Baeksang, the magistrate of Cheongju, renovated the pavilion in 1461, the seventh year of the reign of King Sejo(1455-68) of the Joseon Kingdom(1392-1910), and his contemporary Han Myeonghoe renamed it Mangseollu. It was again renovated by Magistrate Yi Seom. Dismantled and moved here in 1923, the two-story wooden structure with a hipped-and-gabled roof is the oldest building extant in this area, though the original shape of the first story is almost completely lost.

(출처 : 문화재청 홈페이지)