Since the second half of the 16th century till the beginning of the 19th century, the Old Dūkštas belonged to the Rudaminos. During this period, the Old Dūkštas had a wooden manor. Then, at 1813, the governance of the Old Dūkštas manor was taken by the Beganskiai, who gave the palace prominent features of classicism (this is already the second, present brick palace, which has been characterized by intervening elements of folk art). In 1901 The manor went to Tomas Zanas, a graduate of Vilnius University, founder of the Philomathic Society, poet and geologist, who married Teresė, the daughter of Daugėla the then owner of the manor. The Zanai owned the estate until the WWII. The estate housed a rich collection of antiquities and archaeological finds as well as a rich library. During the first half of the 19th century, the famous painter Jonas Rustemas, a professor at Vilnius University, lived in the manor. It was often visited by the creator of the Society of Philomaths, poet and geologist Tomas Zanas often accompanied by his friend Adomas Mickevičius (after him the linden alley of the homestead park is named). From 1933 to 1944 the lower agricultural school operated here and since 1960 - it facilitated as the place to the district council, the administration of the experimental farm of the test station, the house of culture and the library. Authentic facade composition, interior decor elements – fireplace, friezes; foundations, external and internal walls, roofing structure and materials have been preserved in the palace.