Changes After Construction
The school, which was in a dilapidated condition, was repaired in 1881 by a benefactor named Ali.
The 1894 earthquake caused severe damage to the structure; the structure fell into a dilapidated condition during this process.
The staircase leading to the upper floor collapsed; some units, such as the toilets, have not survived to the present day.
The Directorate of Foundations included the structure in a restoration program in order to use it as a children’s library; the ruined facades were completed and the structure was covered with a roof sloping in four directions; the work later stopped.
The structure was partially restored in 1991.
In municipal records, the 2016 restoration project is listed among the “completed projects.”
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It is also known as Şehit Ahmet Pasha Primary School.
It is in a fevkani arrangement; beneath it are a fountain, a water reservoir, and toilets, and the classroom was placed above these units.
Its plan is rectangular; on the front facade facing the street, alternating masonry of three courses of brick and one course of cut stone was used.
The upper school/classroom unit has a square plan; traces of corner squinches show that the upper covering had a domed construction.
The fountain beneath it is of cut stone in the classical style; its marble inscription in thuluth script gives the date A.H. 1116 and records the patron’s title of “çavuşbaşı” and his martyrdom in the Battle of Varadin.
