There are still quite a few historical buildings, which are considered landmarks that existed within the current look of the Mariinsk city, one of the oldest cities in the Kemerovo region. Even though the stone and brick buildings’ style had somewhat changed and the shapes of many buildings look oversimplified without shaped bricks, Mariinsk still resembles an old merchant city.
The Russian architecture revival, i.e. decorating buildings with magnificent ornament took place in the late 19th–early 20th century. The house of the bourgeois Elizabeth and Jacob Vasilyev is one of the significant architectures of that time. The two-story building with a basement was built on Gondatyeva Street (today — Sovetskaya Street, 1) in 1909. Nowadays, this building is considered the most beautiful building in the city. A black-and-white photo of the building is exhibited in the museum’s collection. It was printed on 120×100 cm paper in 2010.
The old building windows are decorated with stone window casings. The principal front and the flank fronts of the building are abundantly decorated with embossed brickwork. The front of the building is decorated with a heavy cornice and a parapet wall typical for that period. There are ornately shaped pillars with a central attic (decorative wall) between them on the top. The architect decorated the attic with order denticles-rectangular teeth molding. The year of construction is engraved on white concrete the polygonal medallion. There are two-headed sandstone eagles installed on the attic projections. The roof is decorated with a tracery wrought iron lattice.
In the 1900s, the Vasilyevs lived on the top floor of the building, while the grocery and the manufactured goods store were located on the ground floor. The bourgeois merchandised tea, sugar, salt, cereals, lamps, and dishes in this very place. After the revolution, the building was transferred into the ownership of the Councils of Workmen’s, Soldiers and Peasants Deputies.
In 1920, the first floor of the building was occupied by the desk room and ‘Luch krasnogo solntsa’ [‘Red Sunbeam’] newspaper editors office. For some time the building was occupied by the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs, and after that, by the City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Agricultural Administration. Nowadays, the Interdistrict Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service is operating in the Vasilyevs’ house.
The Russian architecture revival, i.e. decorating buildings with magnificent ornament took place in the late 19th–early 20th century. The house of the bourgeois Elizabeth and Jacob Vasilyev is one of the significant architectures of that time. The two-story building with a basement was built on Gondatyeva Street (today — Sovetskaya Street, 1) in 1909. Nowadays, this building is considered the most beautiful building in the city. A black-and-white photo of the building is exhibited in the museum’s collection. It was printed on 120×100 cm paper in 2010.
The old building windows are decorated with stone window casings. The principal front and the flank fronts of the building are abundantly decorated with embossed brickwork. The front of the building is decorated with a heavy cornice and a parapet wall typical for that period. There are ornately shaped pillars with a central attic (decorative wall) between them on the top. The architect decorated the attic with order denticles-rectangular teeth molding. The year of construction is engraved on white concrete the polygonal medallion. There are two-headed sandstone eagles installed on the attic projections. The roof is decorated with a tracery wrought iron lattice.
In the 1900s, the Vasilyevs lived on the top floor of the building, while the grocery and the manufactured goods store were located on the ground floor. The bourgeois merchandised tea, sugar, salt, cereals, lamps, and dishes in this very place. After the revolution, the building was transferred into the ownership of the Councils of Workmen’s, Soldiers and Peasants Deputies.
In 1920, the first floor of the building was occupied by the desk room and ‘Luch krasnogo solntsa’ [‘Red Sunbeam’] newspaper editors office. For some time the building was occupied by the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs, and after that, by the City Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Agricultural Administration. Nowadays, the Interdistrict Inspectorate of the Federal Tax Service is operating in the Vasilyevs’ house.
