Although Arucas received municipal status in 1813, it did not have premises for use as a town hall until 1875.

López Echegarreta designed a rectangular structure, arranged around a central patio with two floors and as many facades. The front of the building is characterised by five Roman arches on each floor, between brick columns, delimited by engraved pilasters internally forming hexagons. The building is crowned with a large parapet with leaf motifs at both ends and a plaque informing when construction was completed. The first floor, which is slightly thrown back into alignment, was installed around the nineteen thirties as part of an overall interior reform projected by engineer Guillermo Martinón and military engineer Antonio González Medina. There is also evidence of a mortar impact close to the front door, dating from the less than civil years of the Spanish civil war. Inside the town hall, a plaque has been installed referring to the Royal Decree issued by the Regent, Maria Cristina, awarding Arucas the category of township. The ground floor patio houses an exhibition of paper models made by local artist Carlos Medina of different characteristic buildings found in Arucas.