Mansion of daarayi(zanjan historical administration for asset affairs)
The mansion is located in the historical context of Zanjan, apparently this part of the city in the late Qajar period and early Pahlavi government should be contemporary with the end of World War II by the government as a whole, but the structure and building that A specially built mansion in a garden of the same name, a tobacco building, a grain office, a sugar warehouse.
The mansion of daarayi, according to an inscription built on the entrance commanders of the North and South fronts, dates back to 1316 AH, which has been dedicated to finance from the very beginning. The mansion is the property of acquiring activities and architectural innovations such as Vartan Hovhannisyan, Paul Abkar and Gabriel Gorkian
Location
Mansion of daarayi is located on the north side of Sabzeh Maidan historical complex and on the west side of Taleghani street. This building leads to daarayi alley on the north side and Karim Ansari and Justice alleys on the west side. This building with a rectangular plan with dimensions of 15 * 22 meters was located in the east-west direction in the middle of a garden with an area of 18,000 square meters.
Building specifications
This building is built on three floors and with the architectural features of the first Pahlavi period, such as multiple windows, terraces, and symmetry on the floors. Considering the type of architecture and its salient features, it is easy to recognize the influence of European architectural methods in the architecture of this building. Among the materials used in the building, we can name stone, brick, lime, cement, iron.
Decorated elements and their types
One of the decorative factors of the facade is called the power in terms of stone with a height of 1.25 cm, which is built around and then with porcelain brick indicates that the window is before the crescent arch, has a special beauty that is located in front of the northern entrance. And the south is built, there are two beautiful ponds, the northern pond is 12 meters in diameter, but the southern pond is now available. These two ponds are symmetrical and are connected by a waterway that is built from below, and irrigation. There is also a garden through an aqueduct. Which is done from the place of placement.
This historical monument has been used as a museum of traditional arts and handicrafts in Zanjan since 2011.