Old Central Port Warehouses of the Customs Office

The old central port warehouses of the Piraeus customs office, at the beginning of Efploias Street, were designed and built in 1844. The design of the building is attributed to the architect Stamatis Kleanthi (1802-1862). The building of the port warehouses was developed in a simple rectangular plan with a structure made of tufa, while rows of archways with intermediate pilasters were carefully formed on its faces. Frames, doors and windows, were opened into the masonry and round skylights adorned the surfaces under the archways. The central entrance was crowned with a pediment finial, with the characteristic inscription ” ΑΕΡΓΙΗ ΟΝΕΙΔΟΣ “, attributed to Hesiod. The whole building shows morphological elements of neoclassical romantic style. During the 1850s, the port warehouses were located a short distance away from the Customs Office building. In the late 1960s it was decided to partially demolish part of the building and build a multi-story building. The former port warehouse building has remained abandoned ever since. This building was depicted in a painting by Yannis Tsarouchis.