The Reznichenko House (russian: link=no, Дом Резниченко) is a building in

Rostov-on-Don Rostov-on-Don ( rus, Ростов-на-Дону, r=Rostov-na-Donu, p=rɐˈstof nə dɐˈnu) is a port city and the administrative centre of Rostov Oblast and the Southern Federal District of Russia. It lies in the southeastern part of the East Eu ...

at 47 Pushkinskaya Street. The mansion was built in the late 1890s, presumably as a guest house for VIPs. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of regional significance.

History and description

The house was originally owned by K. S. Reznichenko, though it later passed through several owners. Memoirs of old residents reveal that several rooms of the house were intended for the most senior personages. Though these people ultimately did not stay in the house, it was often used to accommodate their high-ranking officials. In the early 1920s, the house was nationalized and transferred to the North Caucasus Military District. Apartments in the house were given to senior officers of the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

. The two-storeyed house is built in the neo-baroque style, with its main facade facing Pushkinskaya Street. Horizontal partitioning of the building is achieved via projections between the floors and

cornice In architecture, a cornice (from the Italian ''cornice'' meaning "ledge") is generally any horizontal decorative moulding that crowns a building or furniture element—for example, the cornice over a door or window, around the top edge of a ...

s. The first floor is rusticated. Window openings are framed by decorative platbands. Windows of the second floor are finished with arched sandricks with female heads. The walls are decorated by Corinthian

pilaster In classical architecture Classical architecture usually denotes architecture which is more or less consciously derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, or sometimes even more specifically, from the ...

s. The facade of the building is completed by

attics An attic (sometimes referred to as a ''loft'') is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building; an attic may also be called a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because attics fill the space between the ceiling of the t ...

with

pediment Pediments are gables, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the lintel, or entablature, if supported by columns. Pediments can contain an overdoor and are usually topped by hood moulds. A pedimen ...

s located on the sides. On the second floor there are balconies with decorative wrought iron gratings. The house has changed little from its original appearance, only the windows and bars with pedestals on the parapet were replaced.

References

{{reflist Tourist attractions in Rostov-on-Don Buildings and structures in Rostov-on-Don Baroque Revival architecture Cultural heritage monuments of regional significance in Rostov Oblast