HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
SCHOOL BUILDING (NORK PARISH SCHOOL)
1860
State index: 1.9.4.8
Located at 74 Sero Khanzadyan Street in Old Nork, this building has a rich educational history. Nork’s first parish school, a male college, was founded in 1860 on the southern side of the forecourt of St. Simeon Church, thanks to the efforts of Elder Priest Poghos Ter-Avetisyan. In 1866, a female school was also established in Nork. In 1877, a wealthy local resident, Movses Harutyunyan, built a new women’s school on the northern forecourt in memory of his wife, naming it St. Shoghakat. By 1880, this school was merged with the male school, increasing the number of students to 110. The school boasted a well-stocked library with up to 2,000 volumes of literature in the 1880s.
The school building is a single-story structure oriented eastward, with a corridor-based layout. The northern and southern walls are solid, and an open balcony with wooden columns is located on the northern part of the western facade. The central section projects slightly from the main level and is capped with a dwarf wall (parapet). The entrances are situated on the lateral parts of the main facade. The front is adorned with smooth black tuff, while the other parts are made of roughly-hewn stone. The roof is wooden, and traces of straw-mixed mud are visible on the interior walls.
Over the years, the building has been modified, expanding from its original six rooms to eight. Currently, the building houses the N 11 department of HayPost.
“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO
Yerevan Municipality
