 The street was built only to connect the major Great Post Road with a coffee warehouse, owned by a Dutch coffee plantation owner Andries de Wilde (the warehouse is now the seat of the city administration or "balaikota").In 1856, when Bandung was the capital of Priangan Regency, some colonial houses were built along the dirt road of Braga Street with their houses thatched with reeds, "alang-alang" grass or other straw materials.In 1882, a theater group established itself at the south part of the street and the "Toneel Braga", the name of the drama group, became famous.