Samsun City Museum

Samsun City Museum buildings have a privileged place in terms of the railway history of the city. The lines operated by foreign companies before the Republic were rapidly nationalized with the Republic and a significant part of the country was built with iron networks. This importance shown to the railways reflected to the employees of the institution; The staff of this large and important institution were allocated housing. Two main wooden structures that form the City Museum buildings were built in 1928 as Samsun-Sivas Railway Construction and Operation Administration and State Railway Lodging. The ground floors of two-storey wooden buildings on the basement were used as the administrative office and the first floors as lodging. The small building on the Cumhuriyet Caddesi side next to these buildings was built in 1936 instead of the building used as an outbuilding. This additional structure was used as the tavern of Demirspor Club for many years.