Alipour House, Gerash

🕰️When was it built?

The house dates from the first Pahlavi era and belonged to Omid Ali Alipour, one of the master builders of Gerash. The exact year it was built is not known, but its period and its builder are.

🏛️What was it built for?

The building was made as a home and was the builder's own house. Omid Ali Alipour also built other houses in Gerash, and this building is one of the works he left behind.

👀What you will see

• The central courtyard, with the rooms and other parts of the house arranged around it.
• The semicircular arches used in the house's architecture.
• The latticed skylight, one of the building's decorative features.

💡Something interesting

The house covers about 450 square metres. It was added to Iran's National Heritage List on 15 September 2019 as number 32620.