Description of the attraction
Selivanov's house is a real gem of the city of Rostov. It is located at the beginning of Okruzhnaya Street. The current building was built in 1909 in the Art Nouveau style according to the project by the architect P. A. Trubnikov for the Rostov industrialist and merchant of the 1st guild Selivanov Pavel Alexandrovich. This house could well compete in its architectural design with any mansion in the capital, so on the streets of Rostov it looks like a palace.
Based on archival documents, this house has a long and complex history. On the site where the current Selivanov's house was built, the plan of 1787 shows a stone house, which belonged to the oldest civil buildings in the city. The first regular city plan was approved in 1779 by Empress Catherine II, and eight years later, this house was already standing. The building was most likely built in the 1780s. At the end of the 18th century, the house was owned by Prokofiy Larionov, a titular councilor.
The first description of this house is found in 1836. At that time, the house belonged to the petty bourgeois Ivan Petrovich. This building was described as a one-story stone house with a wooden mezzanine and an outbuilding, as well as various outbuildings and land.
In the period 1864-1895, the house passed from owner to owner more than once. In 1876, the house passed to Praskovya Petrova (the widow of I. P. Petrov). In 1877, it belonged to the daughter of I. P. Petrova, Marya Petrova. In 1880, the house was owned by the tradesman A. I. Serebryakov. In 1884, the house returned to M. I. Petrova. And only in 1891 the house was purchased by the merchant Alexander Petrovich Selivanov.
In January 1895, the new owner applied to the Rostov Duma for a construction permit, which was given to him. According to the surviving drawing, the house was rectangular in plan. The front facade of the stone lower floor, devoid of any architectural decorations, cut through eight window openings with rounded lintels. The main decoration of the wooden second floor was carved window frames, typical for wooden architecture of that time.
After the death of A. P. Selivanov in 1901, the house went to his son Pavel Alexandrovich Selivanov. The house remained unchanged until the beginning of the 20th century. A radical reconstruction of the house was carried out in 1909. In this form, he has come down to our time. In 1912, the house passed into the ownership of the heirs of Pavel Alexandrovich, who owned it until the early 1920s.
In 1921, Selivanov's house was municipalized. In Soviet times, the building lost its original luxurious interior decoration; the spacious rooms on the second floor were divided into several communal apartments. Luxurious stained glass windows, doorknobs, tiled fireplaces and other items have been lost. But the external appearance of the building has retained the main features that it had at the time of its construction in 1909.
The Selivanov house that has survived to our time consists of 4 main parts, which were built at different times. The middle one-story building was built in the 1780s, and the floor built above it was built in 1895. In 1909, two high volumes were added to the building from the north and south. One wing of the house is three-story, the other is two-story. The older parts of the building have received a new finish.
Each facade of the building has its own unique decor, the roof is decorated with graceful spiers. There are also preserved figured balcony lattices, stair railings, which were specially ordered by Selivanov in St. Petersburg.
Until recently, Selivanov's house was in a deplorable state. Today, after the restoration and restoration of the interiors, a hotel with the same name “Selivanov's House” has been opened here. The magnificent residential building has again become a decoration of the city.
