Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan Monastery well known as Me Nu Oak Kyaung or the Brick Monastery was built by Nanmadaw Me Nu, Chief Queen of King Bagyidaw in 1818.
It was damaged by the earthquake in 1838 but in 1873 it was restored by Sinbyumashin, Queen of Mindon, and a daughter of Nanmadaw Me Nu.
The building is markedly different from traditional Burmese monasteries, which are constructed with wood, not masonry.