The house of Argır Kuyumcuoğlu is the most popular house from the national revival era in Plovdiv’s old town. It was built in 1847 by the master Georgi Stanchovski for the rich merchant Argır Kuyumcuoğlu.

The building is a representative of the typical symmetric house of the revival era – the peak of baroque architecture in Bulgaria. The east façade of the house “stands” on the old fortress wall and is an integral part of the Hisar kapiya ensemble. The building has four floors and very imposing, it was called “the King’s house.” The emphasis is placed on the official reception hall on the second floor, which protrudes as a cure above the yard. It is oval in the central part, ending with a strongly profiled wood board ceiling, raised on a high decorated cove.

Currently, the house is an ethnographic museum.

From 1997 – 2001, gradually, the entire house’s interior and exterior were restored.