Kostanayev House

The Kostanayev House (Russian: Дом Костанаева, tr. Dom Kostanayeva) is an edifice in the Leninsky District of Rostov-on-Don, Russia. The house is located at 37 Semashko lane (Russian: переулок Семашко, 37) at the intersection of Bol'shaya Sadovaya Street and Semashko lane. The building was designed in the Beaux-Arts style. It is also considered to be an object of cultural heritage.[1]

Kostanayev House (on the left)

History

The Kostanayev House was built in the last quarter of the 19th century. The facade is decorated with side rustication, ornaments above rectangular windows. A cornice crowns the top of the building. It was a revenue house. Different shops occupied the ground floor. Dwellings were on the second floor.

Before the revolution of 1917, the house was under the control of the Kostanayev family: Sergey, Matvey, Kirill, Grigiry and Emmanuil. Trade organizations, including the notions store Gavrilov A. S., the food store Brothers Blandovy and the Smirnov jewelry store, rented the ground floor. From 1914 to the 1917, the Berezhnov shopping center was located in the house. From 1917, the house was operated by Alzan trading partnership. Then the Kostanayev house was operated by whole-sale center "Gorkoopttorg". Part of the ground floor was occupied by a record and gramophone shop. A toy store, clock hospital and jeweller's workshop were opened in the building in the 1950s. Buratino shop and exchange office was located here in the 1990s.[2] Resolution of Rostov Oblast Administration of October 9, 1998 № 411 the house was designated a regional Heritage Site.[3]

References
  1. "Ростов-на-Дону (объекты культурного наследия регионального значения)". Официальный портал Правительства Ростовской области. Archived from the original on 2013-09-14. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  2. Черницына В. А., Есаулов Г. В. (1999). Архитектурная летопись Ростова-на-Дону. Rostov-on-Don. pp. 104–5. ISBN 5-8456-0433-8.
  3. Постановление № 411// Глава Администрации Ростовской области


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