Bakırköy Stone School

The building was constructed as the summer mansion of Count Alléon; after the 1894 Istanbul earthquake, Count Alléon abandoned the building because of cracks in its walls.
In 1898, it was purchased by Ali Rıza Pasha, Governor of Preveza; later it passed to Alaaddin Bey by inheritance, and in 1900 it was purchased by the Ministry of Education for 4,200 gold liras and converted into a school.
In 2009, the building suffered a major fire, and Bakırköy Primary School, a long-established educational institution of Istanbul, was moved to another building.
The building, whose restoration was completed in 2014, was converted into the Ibn Haldun University Continuing Education and Research Center.

It is referred to as Bakırköy 1st School, Bakırköy Central Primary School, Stone School, Taş Okul, and in the architectural literature as the Count Alléon Mansion.
The building is a late Ottoman-period mansion built with Marseille bricks; together with the Stone Bridge, which is associated with the same material and construction approach, it holds a distinctive place in the urban memory of Bakırköy.
During the Ministry of Education period, it was restored and adapted to the function of a primary school by adding an extra storey; in the repair carried out after the 2009 fire, the attic floor was rearranged.
The building has a masonry composition with brick and stone walls, and the original wall texture was preserved during the restoration. In addition, the roof, wooden floors, ceiling coverings, and window joinery were renewed with an approach that respected the original details.
Famous names such as Münir Özkul, Adile Naşit, Şener Şen, Tarık Akan, and Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı were graduates of Bakırköy Primary School in different periods.