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The former Paterson house - more pictures.
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The former Edwards / Murat house
Now serving as the Aegean University rector’s offices, the ‘Big house’ was the former residence of Charlton Whittall who also built the nearby church.
The Anglican Church of St. Mary Magdalene.
The Belhomme house now serving as the district library in Bornova. The building in the 1990s was restored with the financial backing of its former occupant Helene Armand.
The Pandespanian house according to the author Evelyn Kalças, was built around 1880, the family members of whom apparently have emigrated to France, and is now part of the university property.
The Davy House, members of whom were American Consuls for the city.
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This house was purchased by Pierre Pagy, when he married Marguerite, daughter of Count Aliotti, who owned and extensive property in Cordelio [Karsiyaka]. The Pagy are a French Levantine family who have lived in the area close to 300 years, the first to come being Sieur Gabriel Pagy, who arrived from Marseilles in the early 1700s being empowered by the chamber of commerce of that city to survey the trade to and from France. He was chosen for his integrity and sent out with full credentials which are cherished by the family. One condition of the contract was that he was not permitted to marry in Smyrna, a condition that seems to have been broken. At present the house is occupied by two of Pierre Pagy’s grandchildren and their families.
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For many years, known as the Wood-Paterson house, it is still lived in by a member of the family. The entrance gateway has survived intact, and is still prominent. The house was initally built by an Englishman, John Maltass, and the property was inherited by his daughter Eugenie Wood, wife of Charles Wood who was sent out to Smyrna by the Duke of Richmond to practice at the hospital (Br. Seaman’s ?). One of his eight children, Lucy, was the grandmother of Mrs Renée Steinbüchel, the present owner. Lucy lived in the house with her sister Hortense who was a great feminist as well as being a poetess, a composer and a gifted painter. She had taken piano lessons from Franz Liszt. In addition, Hortense was an admirer of Kemal Ataturk, and had written to congratulate him on his successes. In September 1922, on his arrival in Smyrna as general-in-chief of the Turkish army, Ataturk enquired where Hortense Wood lived. The Wood house, which has changed but little since those days, was taken over as Ataturk’s headquarters.
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Tristram house.
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The former English club of Bornova.
The stocky stone building is still used as the Catholic church and dominates the central square of the neighbourhood. However, unsympathetic local politicians have ensured most of its grounds have been lost (1970s?), now occupied by the council supermarket, Tansas.
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The Daphne Aliberti house of Bornova.
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The former Balliani house of Bornova.
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The former Barry house of Bornova.
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The former La Fontaine house of Bornova.
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The former Richard Whittall house of Bornova.
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