Description of the attraction
The Kekin House was built by the architect Heinrich Rusch by order of the merchant Leonty Vladimirovich Kekin in 1903-1905. Construction work on the four-story building went on around the clock. For the first time, electric lighting was used during night work on a construction site.
The expressive originality of this building made it one of the attractions of the city of Kazan. The Art Nouveau style is maintained here with elements of Gothic and Moorish architecture.
Until 1917, the Kekin House was a tenement house. The upper floors were occupied by apartments for rent. The private gymnasium of V. I. Ryakhina, gymnasium of the Pedagogical Society, preparatory school of N. A. Benevskaya, board of the Kazan district of railways, library of S. Ya. Palchinskaya, P. V. Shatalov, M. R. Tukhvatullina, A. V. Afanasyev's wine and grocery trade, L. F. Gross.
After the 1917 revolution, the Kekin House was nationalized. Over the years, it housed: the Kazan Military Commissariat, the District Water Transport Administration, the association of civilian structures of the Gorky railway and canteen No. 1.
In 2002-2004, the Kekin House was reconstructed, returning the facades to their original color scheme: light gray walls, red-brown roofing and white decor elements. In the process of reconstruction, the foundation was strengthened and the old floors were replaced with monolithic reinforced concrete. Today the building houses office space and the Tinkoff brewery.
