HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

1870s

State index: 1.6.178.4.10

The house is located at the intersection of Abovyan and Pushkin Streets, at 10 Abovyan Street (also known as 12 Pushkin Street).

The building originally belonged to Grigor Amiryan, a prominent Yerevan merchant engaged in the wholesale trade of manufactured goods. Amiryan owned three houses, two gardens, and part of a caravanserai, with this property being one of his significant commercial buildings. From 1884, Amiryan served as a member of the City Duma (council).

Between 1884 and 1888, the Yerevan City Public Administration leased the building. From October 1, 1898, until December 1907, the City Duma was headquartered here, prior to the construction of the new administrative building on Temple Square (now Shahumyan Square).

According to a 1900 property valuation, the house belonged to Anna Agamalovna Amiryan-Yeghiazaryan, Grigor Amiryan's wife, who inherited it. In July 1906, she sold the property to the Gabrielyan brothers, who later transferred it to Gevorg Amiryan.

From 1910 to 1911, the building housed an eye hospital. Later, from 1911 to 1915, it was home to the renowned private hospital of Dr. Hovhannes Hovhannisyan.

According to the 1911 property valuation, the building was two stories with a basement. It featured a clay roof and was constructed of tuff. The first-floor floor was earthen, while the second floor had wooden flooring. The ceilings were plastered, and the basement had vaulted ceilings. The main building included one residential unit, 12 rooms (excluding hallways and kitchens), and five basements. The courtyard also contained a shed and another small outbuilding.

In August 1923, the house was nationalized. A memorial plaque on the building's facade notes that the Russian writer Maxim Gorky stayed here for one night, from July 25 to 26, 1928.

For approximately 71 years, from 1937 to 2008, the building housed the Geology Museum named after the renowned geologist and Honored Scientist Hovhannes Karapetyan, who also resided in the building. Following the privatization of the building, the Geology Museum relocated to 24a Marshal Baghramyan Avenue.

The building has undergone multiple reconstructions over time. Originally a one-story structure constructed of tuff and fired brick, with a clay roof and wooden floors, it was expanded in 1909 to include a second floor and an increase in the number of rooms from six to twelve. Later modifications involved removing partitions on the second floor and combining several rooms into a single exhibition hall.

The building is now a two-story structure with basements. Its main rectangular rooms are arranged in two rows: some face northwest (Abovyan Street), while others face southeast (toward the courtyard). The average dimensions of the main rooms are 34.2 x 12.5 meters, with individual room areas of 36.7 and 35.1 square meters, and ceiling heights ranging from 3.8 to 3.9 meters. A secondary building, connected to the main structure by a staircase gallery, is attached to the southeast part of the property.

The primary entrance is located on Abovyan Street, with additional entrances on Pushkin Street.

The building's structural system features load-bearing stone walls laid in a stretcher bond. The facades are plastered, and the ceilings are flat, supported by wooden beams. The basements have stone vaults, and the roof is pitched and covered with sheet metal.

The building holds significant historical value, representing an integral part of Yerevan's history from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries.

 “Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO

Yerevan Municipality