97. House of G. Stalios
Brief documentation:
The house was built in the early 20th century and was renovated in Art Deco style in 1937, when it lost some of its neoclassical elements. It was owned by the tobacco merchant Georgios Stalios and his wife Cleopatra Orfanidou, who both belonged to old and wealthy families of Xanthi.
Today it consists of two separate residences, in one of which the painter Athena Fylaktou lives. Fylaktou was born in Kavala and studied under the Xanthi sculptor and painter, Christos Pavlidis. Some of her works, which are distinguished by realism, are hosted in the Municipal Art Gallery of Xanthi.
It is a building with a large courtyard in front of it, consisting of a semi-basement, an elevated ground floor and an upper floor. There is a dividing stepped line between the different levels, as well as symmetry in the openings of the ground floor and the first floor. There is access through an imposing staircase that is roofed, above which there isa balcony . The openings of the floor on the façade and on the façade on Taxiarchs Street all have balconies with metal guardrails. At the height of the roof, covered with tiles, a single parapet rises as a wide eaves.
Category of thematic interest: ARCHITECTURAL/HISTORICAL/CULTURAL/FOLKLORE INTEREST
History:
The house was built in the early 20th century and was renovated in Art Deco style in 1937, when it lost some of its neoclassical elements. It was owned by the tobacco merchant Georgios Stalios and his wife Cleopatra Orfanidou, who both belonged to old and wealthy families of Xanthi.
Today it consists of two separate residences, in one of which the painter Athena Fylaktou lives. Fylaktou was born in Kavala and studied under the Xanthi sculptor and painter, Christos Pavlidis. Some of her works, which are distinguished by realism, are hosted in the Municipal Art Gallery of Xanthi.
Elements of architecture:
It is a building with a large courtyard in front of it, consisting of a semi-basement, an elevated ground floor and an upper floor. There is a dividing stepped line between the different levels as well as symmetry in the openings of the ground floor and the first floor. There is access through an imposing staircase that is roofed, above which there is a balcony . The openings of the floor on the façade and on the façade on Taxiarchs Street all have balconies with metal guardrails. On the back side and in the semi-basement there are windows, but smaller and rectangular, with some of them having guardrails.
Description of other elements:
At the height of the roof, covered with tiles, a single parapet rises as a wide eaves.
Purpose - Use: Residence
Characterization: MATH/5385/24-11-1995, ΦΕΚ 1097/Δ/1995
Dating (period): Early 20th century
Year of construction: Early 20th century
Location of the monument: 41.14326, 24.88534
Bibliographic references:
• Katsari-Vafiadis, J. Ed. 2023. "History and recording of the neoclassical buildings of the traditional settlement". Xanthi: Municipality of Xanthi, p. 114
Address: Taxiarchon 41
Visitable: No