HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
HOUSE AND CANNING FACTORY OF PETROS ESAPYAN
1911
State index: 1.6.203.1
The
building is located on M. Mkrtchyan Street.
In
1903, Petros Esapyan (Esapov) built a fruit canning and purée factory, which
was the first of its kind in the Transcaucasus. The factory’s products were
exported to Russia, Poland, Lithuania, Finland, Tiflis, Baku, and Batumi.
Shortly after its founding, the factory gained great reputation. Esapyan
received his first award—a gold medal and a certificate of honor—in 1905 at an
agricultural exhibition held in Belgium. In 1907, the canning factory received
two awards: the Grand Prix in London and a gold medal at the Vienna
International Exhibition.
The
building constructed in 1911 is two-storey with a basement. It has a Г-shaped
floor plan and a double-row arrangement of rooms oriented toward both the
street and the courtyard. One end of the building contains the entrance, while
the other contains the corridor. The façade is divided by vertical articulation
elements ending in a stepped high parapet. The frames of doors and windows, as
well as the areas beneath the windows, feature original geometric
ornamentation, while the cornice, the spaces between modillions, and the
openwork balconies include floral reliefs. The load-bearing walls are made of
mixed stone laid in mortar. The ceilings are flat and wooden. The roof is
pitched. The main façade and balconies are built of black tuff. The corridors
are wooden.
After
the Sovietization of Armenia, the factory was nationalized and operated until
1929.
