HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
Early 20th century
The two-story building is
located on Agatangeghos Street, near the “Rossia” Cinema. It was built
according to the design of Boris Mehrabyan, the author of Yerevan’s 1906–1911
master plan. According to the 1905–1908 real estate assessment register of Yerevan,
the house belonged to the Babaev family and included 19 rooms, a kitchen, and
an adjoining land plot. It was a multifunctional income-generating building
with commercial spaces.
After the establishment of
Soviet rule, the building belonged to Karagashyan. It was nationalized in 1925.
In the same year, workshops operated on the first floor, while an orphanage
functioned on the second floor. In the 1980s, the building housed Vocational
School No. 16. Today, the Jivani Ashugh School (founded in 1997) operates
there.
The building has an elongated
rectangular floor plan. The street-facing façade is clad in finely dressed
Yerevan tuff stone and decorated with carvings.
