58. Adamides House
Brief documentation:
This building was erected in the first decade of the 20th century and the original owner was the tobacco broker Nikolaos Adamides, who resold it in 1930 to the tobacco expert Panagiotis Mavroudis, and then the building changed owner again.
In modern times the building housed the cultural space entitled Black Box Gallery.
The central door has a skylight screen above and three levels of arched recesses with three architraves in height. The large windows on the ground floor are surrounded by a decorative frame with brick, frame and corbels on the windowsill. Arched and other decorative elements separate the ground floor from the first floor. Above the main entrance there is a small balcony. On the first floor, the openings are roofed with a stepped cornice and corbels. All windows in the building are covered with French shutters. The roof has a skylight and a triangular elevation.
On the right of the house there is an entrance with a railing, which leads to a courtyard.
Category of thematic interest: ARCHITECTURAL/HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL/FOLKLORE INTEREST
History:
The building was erected in the first decade of the 20th century and the original owner was the tobacco broker Nikolaos Adamides, who resold it in 1930 to the tobacco expert Panagiotis Mavroudis, and then changed owner again.
In modern times it housed the cultural space called Black Box Gallery.
Elements of architecture:
The central door has a skylight screen above and three levels of arched recesses with three architraves in height. The large windows on the ground floor are surrounded by an brick frame, with frame and corbels on the windowsill. Arched decorative elements separate the ground floor from the first floor. Above the main entrance there is a balcony. The openings on the first floor are covered with a stepped cornice and corbels. All windows are covered with French shutters. The roof has a skylight and a triangular elevation.
Description of other elements:
On the right the house has an entrance with a railing, which leads to a courtyard.
Purpose - Use: Residence, Cultural space
Characterization: Preservable, Institution of the Ministry of Education, Category "A", Decision 5385, Government Gazette 1097/95
Dating (period): First decade of the 20th century
Year of construction: First decade of the 20th century
Location of the monument: 41.14378888659297, 24.88780394204497
Bibliographic references:
• Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 48
Address: Antikas 12
Visitable: No