Changes After Construction
The building was constructed in 1883 by Patrocloss Michail Campanakis as the residence of the Tubini Family and was initially also used as a banking center.
Between 1890 and 1918, the German Kroecker family operated it as the Grand Hotel Kroecker.
During World War I, the building was seized by the German General Staff and, in 1918, used by the British as an intelligence center and prison.
In 1922, after the British vacated the building, it was divided: one part was rented as the Grand Novotny Hotel, while the other part was used by the YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association).
Following the hotel’s closure in 1947, the building was leased by the Ministry of National Education and converted into the Evening Girls’ Art School.
The historic structure was transferred to the treasury in 1960 and underwent major restoration in 1988 by architect Mehmet Karahan due to structural collapse.
The building reached its current form after renovation works carried out in 2008.
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The building currently operates as the Beyoğlu Teachers’ House and Evening Arts School, arranged as a complex of three adjoining blocks.
One side of the structure faces the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce Vocational and Technical Anatolian High School.
Historical records indicate that during the occupation of Istanbul, the basement of the building was used to detain and torture members of the Kuva-yi Milliye resistance.
