Kherson

Blazhkov's house

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Description

Earlier, Blazhkov’s House was called the “Beautiful House by the Park” for its fabulous appearance.

Old photographs from the beginning of the twentieth century indicate that earlier Blazhkov’s House was called the “Beautiful House at the Park” for its fabulous appearance. The building has two floors, consisting of an entrance group with columns, a tower and a large balcony overlooking the Alexander Park (today, Shevchenkovsky), which is located directly at its entrance. All these elements are united by a dynamic composition and a detailed decorative design of the facade, which is characteristic of the Neo-Gothic style.

Old photographs from the beginning of the twentieth century indicate that earlier Blazhkov’s House was called the “Beautiful House at the Park” for its fabulous appearance. The building has two floors, consisting of an entrance group with columns, a tower and a large balcony overlooking the Alexander Park (today, Shevchenkovsky), which is located directly at its entrance. All these elements are united by a dynamic composition and a detailed decorative design of the facade, which is characteristic of the Neo-Gothic style.

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HISTORY

  • In the summer of 1911, an unexpected and powerful explosion occurred in the tower

The person with whom the history of the house began and thanks to which the world was able to see it was Paul Klein, Odessa architect who was engaged in its design. The second person took the next step - gave the name, settling in it - it was the Kherson city chairman Nikolai Ivanovich Blazhkov.

In the summer of 1911, an unexpected and powerful explosion occurred in the tower, which, fortunately, firefighters managed to liquidate from the fire station on Pochtovaya Street.

After this terrible event, they tried to investigate and look for the guilty, but the owner of the house assured the investigator, everything happened due to an unauthorized explosion of hunting cartridges, which were stored in a safe in the tower room, after which the case was closed. And what really happened that day on the tower and today remains secret. 1952 marked a radical change: the children's music school No. 1 began to exist in the building and it became a completely peaceful city, despite the stormy military memory of the past.

The person with whom the history of the house began and thanks to which the world was able to see it was Paul Klein, Odessa architect who was engaged in its design. The second person took the next step - gave the name, settling in it - it was the Kherson city chairman Nikolai Ivanovich Blazhkov.

In the summer of 1911, an unexpected and powerful explosion occurred in the tower, which, fortunately, firefighters managed to liquidate from the fire station on Pochtovaya Street.

After this terrible event, they tried to investigate and look for the guilty, but the owner of the house assured the investigator, everything happened due to an unauthorized explosion of hunting cartridges, which were stored in a safe in the tower room, after which the case was closed. And what really happened that day on the tower and today remains secret. 1952 marked a radical change: the children's music school No. 1 began to exist in the building and it became a completely peaceful city, despite the stormy military memory of the past.

INTERESTING FACTS

  • There are legends that at one time the vice-consul of Turkey and Great Britain Edwin Caruana, who was considered a "mysterious and slippery person" because of his involvement in a high-profile lawsuit and the case of "Nikolaev credit card", occupied the part of the premises on the ground floor for an apartment and a working office or withdrawal of gold from the Kherson bank in the amount of 5,863,000,289 rubles in 1919.
  • There are legends that at one time the vice-consul of Turkey and Great Britain Edwin Caruana, who was considered a "mysterious and slippery person" because of his involvement in a high-profile lawsuit and the case of "Nikolaev credit card", occupied the part of the premises on the ground floor for an apartment and a working office or withdrawal of gold from the Kherson bank in the amount of 5,863,000,289 rubles in 1919.