HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND CLINIC OF ARAM TER-AVETIKYAN
1912-1914
State index: 1.6.178.4.1
The building with shops and a clinic is located at 1/1 Abovyan Street.
According to the 1896 real
estate assessment, the original owners of the building were brothers Gevorg and
Hovhannes Dilanyan. The building's boundaries were as follows: to the east, it
bordered the Khosroyan house; to the west and north, it bordered the house of
G. Grigoryan; and to the south, it faced Astafyan Street. The structure was a
one-story building constructed of tuff stone, featuring a metal roof, wooden
floors, and plastered ceilings. It comprised six rooms, three lobbies, and one
kitchen.
In April 1909, the Dilanyan
brothers sold the building to Matvey Sanaghyan, who then sold it in June 1910
to Aram Ter-Avetikyan, a private hospital owner. Ter-Avetikyan added a second
floor to the building between 1912 and 1914.
During World War I, the Red
Cross Society operated from this building. From March 20 to April 19, 1921, the
renowned Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan resided here after arriving in
Yerevan from Tiflis.
The building, which included a
courtyard and five shops, remained under Dr. Ter-Avetikyan’s ownership until
1923. After the Sovietization of Armenia in 1923, the state nationalized the
property. During the 1920s, Soviet state and party officials Hayk Yagubyan,
Artashes Karinyan, and Hayk Hovsepyan lived here.
The building is an almost
rectangular structure with an internal courtyard. The vestibule and stairwell
are located along the central axis. The main block measures 30.0 meters in
length and 15.3 meters in width, containing two large halls—one 80.2 square
meters and the other 72.2 square meters, each with a height of 4.5
meters—separated by the vestibule.
On the right wing of the
floor, rooms are arranged in two rows: one row faces southeast (toward the
street), and the other faces northwest (toward the courtyard), with room sizes
of 58.6 square meters and 22.2 square meters, and a height of 3.8 meters. The
left wing rooms connect via a corridor, with one room measuring 25.9 square
meters. Three balconies with consoles overlook the street. Mezzanines are
located along the southwest wall. Several rooms in the courtyard block were
used for the clinic.
The symmetric composition of
the main southeast facade accentuates the central axis. The arched main
entrance is flanked by Ionic semi-columns, with a smaller similar opening
above. The central section of the frieze features decorative carvings. The wall
is topped with dormer windows, and the attic is highlighted by original flower
boxes on the parapet. The central balcony’s balustrade has round openings,
while the other two balconies feature light metal ornaments. The ground-floor
shop windows have roughly hewn stone frames. The flat roofs are supported by
wooden beams, and the pitched roof is covered with metal.
The structural system consists
of load-bearing walls of tuff and brick. The facade facing the street is clad
in carefully processed tuff.
The building is valuable as an
architectural monument of the late 19th - early 20th centuries. The clinic was
one of the two largest private clinics in old Yerevan, where such renowned
doctors as Aram Ter-Avetikyan, A. Ter-Grigoryanc, and K. Ter-Markosyan
practiced.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
