13. House of Kountoglou – Alata

Brief documentation:

This house was built in the district of Kavaki, near the Christian church of Pammegistoi Taxiarchs, during the late Ottoman period by Kyriakos Kountoglou and in 1911 it was sold to colonial goods dealer Leonidas Alatas. In 1929 the building was resold by him to Loukas Tsolakidis, who was also a merchant by profession. A few years after his death, in 1976, his wife sold this house to a relative, Emmanuel Vafiadis. Today the building still serves as a residence.
It is a two-story tiled residence of middle class character, which is built with symmetry and according to the standards of neoclassicism. It has a semi-basement, ground floor and upper floor. The exterior of the building includes quite simple decoration with false pillars and false capitals, a stepped cornice on the windows but also between the ground floor and the first floor, as well as on the coronation of the masonry. There are also elaborate iron bars with propellers on the ground floor windows.

Category of thematic interest:  ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST

History:

This house was built during the late Ottoman period by Kyriakos Kountoglou in the district of Kavaki and in 1911 it was sold to the colonial merchant Leonidas Alatas. In 1929 the building was bought by Loukas Tsolakidis, who was also a merchant by profession. A few years after his death, in 1976, his wife sold this house to a relative, Emmanuel Vafiadis. Today the building still serves as a residence.

Elements of architecture:

It is a two-storey tiled residence of middle class character, which is built with symmetry and according to the standards of neoclassicism. It has a semi-basement, ground floor and upper floor. The exterior of the building includes quite simple decoration with false pillars and false capitals, a stepped cornice on the windows but also between the ground floor and the first floor, as well as on the coronation of the masonry.

Description of other elements:

There are elaborate iron bars with propellers on the windows of the ground floor.

Purpose - Use: Residence

Characterization: Preservable, Institution of the Ministry of Education, Category "A", Decision 5385, Government Gazette 1097/95

Dating (period): Early 20th century

Year of construction: Early 20th century

Monument location: 41.144640, 24.889309

Bibliographic references:

•    Thomas Exarchou, Islets of Xanthi 2, Xanthi 2003
•    Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 66

 Address: Orfeos 66

Visitable: No