Maltepe Public Education Center
Changes After Construction:
- The building was opened for educational use in 1920 as Şaheste Kadın School.
- The building was used in the following period with the function of Practical Girls’ Vocational School.
- It was used as a Girls’ Vocational High School between 1980 and 1989.
- In 1992, the roof underwent major repair and the 80-ton iron water tank on the roof was removed.
- In 1994, the Public Education Centre moved into this building, and the building began to be used with this function.
Prominent Features:
- The building is also known by the names Şaheste Kadın School, Maltepe First Primary School, Practical Girls’ Vocational School, and Maltepe Girls’ Vocational High School.
- The building was defined as a masonry school; it has a three-level mass arrangement consisting of the ground floor and two upper floors.
- The approximate dimensions of the building were given as 16.60 m x 13.10 m, and the building is situated within a rectangular garden.
- In the interior, a long corridor arrangement, a steep staircase layout, and room/classroom units distributed across the floors were described.
- It has been established that the school known in Maltepe as “Şayeste Kadınefendi Primary School” began education on 14 April 1912.
- It is stated that the building is a protected historic monument.
