Whittall Mansion, Moda
Whittall Mansion | |
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Whittall Köşkü | |
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General information | |
Location | Kadıköy |
Address | Yusuf Kamil Paşa St., Moda, Kadıköy |
Town or city | Istanbul |
Country | Turkey |
Coordinates | 40°58′56″N 29°01′17″E / 40.98212°N 29.02143°ECoordinates: 40°58′56″N 29°01′17″E / 40.98212°N 29.02143°E |
Construction started | 1895 |
Completed | 1900 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Pape |
Whittall MansionTurkish: Whittall Köşkü) is an Ottoman-era mansion in Istanbul, Turkey. It was built in 1900. Today, it is the house museum of the rock musician Barış Manço (1943 - 1999).[1]
Background
James William Whittall , later Sir William Whittall, was a British businessman, whose ancestors settled in Smyrna, today İzmir, in 1809. He married to the in Buca, Smytna living British Edith Anne Barker on 9 April 1862. His wife gave birth to four children, Edith Mary, Ethel Marianne, Frederick Edwin and Linda Frances.[1]
After working with his two brothers in the family-owned firm C. Whittall and Co. in Smyrna, he founded his own company in Constantinople, today Istanbul, in 1873.[2]
Mansion
Whittall Mansion is located at Yusuf Kamil Paşa St. in Moda quarter of Kadıköy district in Istanbul, Turkey.[3] In 1870, J.W. Whittall purchased a large ground in Moda, Kadıköy streching on a hillside between Moda Avenue and the sea shore of Marmara Sea. He built a mansion for his grown-up family, designed by Ottoman Greek Pape between 1895 and 1900.. The mansion was dubbed the "Tower House" ("Kule Ev"). A wooden house at the premises, he bestowed to his son Frederick Edwin and daughter-in-law Helen, née La Fontaine.* He built houses of all sizes in the premises for his children.[1]
The Whittall Mansion has two stores and an attic. The first floor features a long hall streching to the terrace. The hall was flanked by living rooms. One of the rooms, having a charcoal-burning stove and decorated as an "Oriantal Room", belonged to Helen's grandmother Lilly, who played there Pinochle. There were about six Aubusson tapestry with holes in the middle hanging on the walls. The tapestries were bought by Enver Pasha during World War I, and was punched in the middle to put through stove pipe to warm wounded Turkish soldiers in the hospital. On the second floor were the sleeping rooms were. The terrace overlooked the lower garten with some magnolia trees and a small jetty on the sea shore, where sailboats of J.W. Whittall moored. The hillside garden was dubbed "Whittall Park".[1]
History
The mansion changed the owners many times. In 1965, fifth generation family member John Whittall regained the possession of the mansion. In 1984, rock musician Barış Manço (1943 - 1999) purchadsed the mansion.[1] After Manço's death, the mansion, where he lived with his wife Lale and sons Doğukan Hazar, Batıkan Zorbey and produced his works, was transformed after restoration into the historic house museum. of Barış Manço (Turkish: Barış Manço Evi).[1][4] It was opened to public on 9 June 2010.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Erandaç, Bülent (28 March 2021). "James William Whittall'dan geriye Barış Manço'nun konağı kaldı - Whittall Ailesi'nin film gibi hikayesi". Takvim (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ "The Whittalls of Turkey, 1809-1973, Hugh Whittall". Levantine Heritage. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ Tonguç, Saffet Emre (10 October 2020). "Moda'yı 'moda' yapan köşkler". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Kadıköy Belediyesi Barış Manço Evi" (in Turkish). Kadıköy Belediyesi. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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