HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

1905

The residential house is located on M. Mkrtchyan Street. In the depth of the same neighborhood, there once stood the iron foundry complex of the Ter-Avetikyan brothers (1891). At present, only the transformed residential house of the complex has been preserved.

The house is a rectangular-plan structure (21.5 × 13.7 m), with a double-row layout of residential and formal rooms, a basement, and two stories. Along the transverse axis, the entrance staircase, the porch with a vestibule, and the landing project forward from the main volume. Above the external staircase, on the second floor, there is a balcony. At the ends of the building there are two cantilever balconies. On the courtyard side there were galleries. There was a passage leading to the courtyard of the residence.

The main, northwestern façade is built of finely dressed stone, with band-like rough stone elements and a combination of horizontal divisions of pilasters. The openings are rectangular and framed with surrounds. The passage opening, constructed of rough stone, is completed with an arch. Decorative elements include friezes and cornices. On the upper floor, the wall beneath the window features a distinctive vegetal ornament.

In the volumetric-spatial composition of the façade, the portico dominates, featuring massive columns with Ionic capitals. These rest on high pedestals on both sides of the staircase and support the second-floor balcony, at the entrance of which there are smaller columns of the same type. At the same time, the dynamic expressiveness of perception is defined by the balcony’s relief decorations, the rhythmic sequence of stone latticework, and the alternating circular openings in the inner staircase railing.

The load-bearing walls are constructed of mixed stone with mortar. The street façade is faced with black tuff. The ceilings are flat and wooden. The roof is pitched. The entrance hall stairs are made of cast iron, while the balconies are made of stone and wood.