94. D. Chasirtzoglou Building – Folk Art Store
Brief documentation:
The building originally belonged to Dukas Chasirtzoglou and must have been built in the late 19th century, as well as the diagonally opposite mansion of Moses. Chasirtzoglou was a teacher in Xanthi, trustee of the Monastery of Panagia Archangeliotissa with many benefactions to it.
The building was sold in 1930 to Efrosini (Frosinoula) Koulakloglou, a legendary seamstress of the interwar period in Xanthi, who was declared Miss Xanthi in 1929. Today it still belongs to the Koulakloglou family and operates as a folk art store.
It is a building with neoclassical elements, such as the false pilasters with the surfaces that barely protrude on the façade, the rough stepped base, which defines the level of the ground floor on the sloping ground of the area, the cornice that defines the upper end of the ground floor and the first floor as well as the false pilasters that frame the front door.
The building is on a corner and has two entrances, one on each street. It is built entirely with Mandra stone, a yellowish local stone from the quarries of the homonymous area, located in the south of Xanthi and was a stone mining site since antiquity.
In this shop the stone reliefs with various representations (animal, anthropomorphic, vegetable) are impressive, crown the arched openings of the ground floor (doors and windows) and are the so-called "keys". On the first floor the windows are fewer in number and rectangular.
Category of thematic interest: ARCHITECTURAL / HISTORICAL INTEREST
History:
The building originally belonged to Dukas Chasirtzoglou and must have been built in the late 19th century, as was the diagonally opposite building of Moses. Chasirtzoglou was a teacher in Xanthi, trustee of the Monastery of Panagia Archangeliotissa with many benefactions to it.
The building was sold in 1930 to Efrosini (Frosinoula) Koulakloglou, a legendary seamstress of the interwar period in Xanthi, who was declared Miss Xanthi in 1929. Today it still belongs to the Koulakloglou family and operates as a folk art store.
Elements of architecture:
It is a building with neoclassical elements, such as the false pilasters with the surfaces that protrude slightly on the façade, the rough stepped base, which defines the level of the ground floor on the sloping ground of the area, the cornice that defines the upper end of the ground floor and the first floor as well as the false pilasters in the frame of the front door. The building is on a corner and has two entrances, one on each street.
Description of other elements:
The building is built entirely with Mandra stone, a local stone from quarries of the homonymous area located south of Xanthi and was a stone mining site since antiquity.
In this shop the stone reliefs with various representations (animal, anthropomorphic, vegetable) are impressive, crown the arched openings of the ground floor (doors and windows) and are the so-called "keys". On the first floor the windows are fewer in number and rectangular.
Purpose - Use: Commercial space
Characterization: YPO/YPO/DILAP/G/1895/30606/11-08-1987, Government Gazette 483/Β/04-09- 1987
Dating (period): Late 19th century
Year of construction: Late 19th century
Location of the monument: 41.1426, 24.8873
Bibliographic references:
• Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 89
Address: F. Amiridi 11 & Mavromichali
Visitable: Yes