Private Karagözyan Armenian Primary School
Changes After Construction:
- After the building was purchased, it was converted into a school building by Avedis Pekmezyan and Sarkis Pekmezyan.
- The construction of the orphanage/school building was completed in 1913; education and training began on 7 September 1913.
- The Istanbul No. I Regional Conservation Board for Cultural and Natural Assets registered the building as a cultural asset to be protected by the decision dated 21 February 1995 and numbered 6375.
Prominent Features:
- The campus has also been referred to by the name Karagözyan Armenian Orphanage.
- The property is registered in the title deed with the status of “Masonry Orphanage Building with Garden.”
- The construction of the building as a hospital and its conversion into an orphanage/school function in a short period is the main element determining the early 20th-century urban-institutional transformation character of the campus.
