According to the inscription on the main entrance door, the owner of the mansion, which was apparently built in 1853, before the exchange was Nikolati Rizos, known as “Kara” in the village. Nikolati is the grandfather of Serafim Rizos, who provides us with the most information about Mustafapaşa today. Serafim Rizos pioneered taking photographs of the village immediately after the population exchange decision and later publishing them as a book in Greece.
A part of the mansion, which was previously used as a house, is privately owned. A part of it serves as a hotel, named after Serafim, one of the most colorful figures of the mansion (in the form of “Seraphim”). Only the ornate gate and the fountain in the courtyard of the two-storey mansion remain original. There is an inscription written in marble on the arched and double-winged wooden door, which is located on the north facade and is the original entrance door of the mansion.
The inscription contains the following expressions in Greek: “Human being, if you are a friend, welcome. If you are an enemy and ill-intentioned, stay away from this door. (The mansion) is mine today, it will be someone else’s tomorrow, and it will never belong to anyone. 1853” Also noteworthy are the lion and star reliefs painted in yellow on both sides of the door. An open courtyard is entered through this gate. In the courtyard, there is a pointed-arched fountain with colonnades on both sides, built in the same year as the mansion. The fountain, which is built with both front and back and is the only example in the region, is under protection by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
