Building at Akhmed Melashvili Street N27, Batumi
Brief Description of the Building:
This three-story building, constructed at the end of the 19th century in 1891, was originally owned by a Greek named Simeonidi, who also used part of the building as a hotel for military naval officers. The building s facade is heavily decorated with sculpted ornamental elements and is divided into three floors by strong, multi-stepped string courses.
The facade features projecting risalits at the edges, with their third floor adorned with arched pediments. In the risalits, there are openings: a passageway leading to the yard (on the left) and an entrance door (on the right). The passageway to the yard is fitted with a decorative iron gate.
Each of the three floors has distinct surface treatments. The first-floor surface is marked by deep, parallel, terraced grooves. The second floor is more intricately divided, heavily ornamented with decorative elements, such as decorative corbels, and the keystone stones featuring reliefs of female heads. Additionally, the arches above the openings are decorated with reliefs of male heads amidst a floral motif. The third floor has a simpler design with rectangular window openings.
On either side of the openings on the second and third floors are Corinthian-capitaled half-columns and pilasters with a raised surface. In the center of the second and third floors, iron balconies with decorative railings are supported by stone corbels.
The building is a prime example of Renaissance-Baroque architectural style and serves as one of the excellent examples of such structures in Batumi.
