It was first lodging house in Tbilisi constructed at the turn of the 19 th century. Townspeople still name it by the name of the first owner. Excellently equipped four-storey building consisted of a number of spacious apartments; the basements hosted half a dozen entertainments. The multi-door structure with wide show-windows, bay windows and a tower occupies the whole block and bears the evidence of the construction boom of the early 20 th century. |