HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
FADEY KALANTARYAN’S INCOME HOUSE (ARAM MANUKYAN’S RESIDENTIAL HOUSE)
1910
State index: 1.6.206.2
Project author: Boris Mehrabyan
Located at 9 Aram Street (formerly Tsarskaya, Spandaryan). According to the 1896 real estate valuation report, there was a one-story house built of raw brick belonging to Nubar Yeghiazaryan, which he sold in August 1904 to Fadey Tayiri Kalantaryan, an honorary citizen and wealthy man of Yerevan. The current two-story building with a basement was built in 1910, designed by Boris Mehrabyan (1870-1936), the author of Yerevan’s 1906-1911 master plan and city technician.
In mid-December 1917,
Aram Manukyan (Sargis Harutyun Hovhannisyan, 1879-1919), a prominent
social-political, state and military figure of the time, one of the organizers
of the 1915 Van heroic battle, member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
party, and plenipotentiary representative of the Armenian National Council,
moved from Tbilisi to Yerevan. The city's population greeted the famous
Armenian with jubilation, and F. Kalantaryan gifted his two-story,
income-generating house to Aram. Aram Manukyan lived here with his family from
mid-December 1917 until January 1919, until his death. It was here that Aram
passed away on January 29. Aram's widow, Katarine Zalyan-Manukyan, a deputy of
the parliament of the First Republic of Armenia and a doctor, continued to live
in this house with her daughter Seda for several more years. From 1920,
Hamazasp Ohanjanian (1873/1874-1947), the third prime minister of the First
Republic of Armenia, also lived in this house with his family.
The house is built on
the red line of Aram Street. It consists of the main building (dimensions: 16.9
x 13.5 m) and a side building. It has a balcony with sculptured railings and a
passage (dalan) leading to the courtyard from the street side. Numerous renovations
have been made inside. It has been in an emergency state since the 1990s. In
the early 2000s, it was included in the investment program for the construction
of the “Old Yerevan” complex (author: architect Levon Vardanyan). A basalt
memorial plaque of A. Manukyan has been attached to the main facade of the
building.
The building is
valuable as a monument of Yerevan’s early 20th century architecture. It has
important historical value associated with the name and activities of Aram
Manukyan, one of the greatest sons of the Armenian people and the founder of
Armenia's new statehood.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
