HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

1905

State index: 1.6.178.4.8

Architect - Vasily Mirzoyan

The house is located at 6 Abovyan Street, situated between Pushkin and Aram (formerly Spandarian) Streets. It is adjacent to the residence of Grigor Yeghiazaryan, the brother of Barsegh Yeghiazaryan.

According to a document preserved in the National Archives of Armenia, Barsegh Yeghiazaryan constructed the house in the early 1880s, specifically in 1884. The house was bordered by Grigor Yeghiazaryan's residence on one side, M. Ananyan’s house on another, Korganov’s house on a third side, and Astafyan Street (now Abovyan) on the fourth side.

The two-story building was constructed of tufa stone with a metal-covered roof. Its dimensions were 75 arshins (approximately 71.12 meters) in length, 3 arshins (approximately 2.82 meters) in width, and 5 sazhen (approximately 10.67 meters) in height. The house featured 7 stoves, 15 doors, and 47 windows. It had a wooden and metal balcony, wooden flooring, and comprised 12 rooms and 2 kitchens. Additionally, there were 3 shops located in the courtyard.

Although the official construction date is 1884, the building was likely completed later - in the early 20th century (according to the Dr. of Architecture Marietta Gasparyan - in 1905).

The house belonged to Barsegh Yeghiazaryan, a member of the city duma, a wealthy merchant, public figure, philanthropist, and one of the sponsors of the construction of the Yerevan water supply system. He also owned the Textile and Cotton Trading Company founded in 1876, the trading house “B.E. Yeghiazaryan & Co.”, a cotton ginning factory, and others.

In 1914, the heirs of B. Yeghiazaryan ceded the upper floor of the building to the charitable “Armenian Hospital” (for 30 beds, director - physician Hovhannes Hovhannisyan), which operated during World War I and then in 1918 treated the wounded from the Battle of Sardarapat. In 1920, the Soviet power in Armenia was proclaimed from the balcony of the building. Until 1937, the building housed the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Armenia, where such first secretaries as Gevorg Alikhanyan (1920-1921), Sargis Lukashin (Srapionyan, 1921-1922), Ashot Hovhannisyan (1922-1927), Hayk Hovsepyan (1927-1928), Haykaz Kostanyan (1928-1930), and Aghasi Khandzhyan (1930-1936) worked. In 1951-1981, it housed the St. Shaumyan City Lighting House (until 1960 - House of Propaganda), and since 1981 - the management of the “Giteliq” Society of the Armenian SSR.

In 2015-2017, restoration work took place. From 2017, a bookstore “Noyan Tapan” operated in part of the building for a while.

B. Yeghiazaryan’s manor house is two-story, with dimensions of 20.7 x 24.6 m. The main block concentrates the ceremonial and residential rooms (the upper floor hall is 121.9 sq. m, 4.1 m high). The narrower side wing houses auxiliary premises. The vestibule and staircase are in a separate volume. There are vestibules in the courtyard. A balcony connected to the hall is located in the center of the upper floor. The symmetry of the main northwest facade is disrupted only by the placement of the entrance. Vertical divisions on the sides separate the facade, while also accentuating the entrance. The walls are processed with deep band-like roughly hewn stones. The openings are semicircular, vaulted, with roughly hewn stone in the lower row and flat archivolts above. The vertical divisions have three-leaf windows with Ionic columns in the piers. The balcony rests on mesh metal consoles and has a similar railing. The decorative decor of the building is concentrated on the second floor: niches under the windows are adorned with large floral reliefs, the piers have various rosettes, the frieze has a simple woven ornament, and the crowning cornice has battlements and modillions.

The load-bearing walls and ceilings are flat and wooden. The roof is pitched. The street facade is clad in black tuff.

 “Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO

Yerevan Municipality