This mansion was built in 1913 by architect A. Gorokhov. Until 1917, it was owned by Alexander Iosefovich (Yuzefovich), the publisher of the newspaper *Yuzhny Krai*.

After the Bolsheviks came to power, the mansion was converted into a Cheka concentration camp (historian Eduard Zub recently found evidence confirming this fact).

Later, the building housed the Society of Old Bolsheviks, and after the war, the Palace of Pioneers. It wasn’t until 1963 that the Wedding Palace opened here. Previously, on the Sumska Street side of the building, there was a large gate featuring four lions, but it appears they did not survive the WWII. Today there are only two lions; they stand guard at the porch and are clearly smaller in size than the originals.

In the mid-2010s, the building was repainted blue, a change that was far from universally popular.

Another building that has survived from the Iosefovich estate complex is the one that housed the service facilities (stables, garage, laundry, etc.)

This building was damaged as a result of Russian shelling of Kharkiv in 2022.