Architect Serhii Tymoshenko left the city with many buildings in the Ukrainian Art Nouveau style.

Unfortunately, many of them are located far from the major, well-known streets that tour guides never set foot on, so they remain little known among enthusiasts of Kharkiv’s historic past.

For example, in the historic district of Peski (located south of the Novoivanovsky Bridge), at Ivanivska Street, 22, there is an apartment building that was constructed between 1912 and 1914.

It belonged to S. Korkh.

According to information from the V. I. Zabolotny State Scientific Library of Architecture and Construction, the building previously had a corner tower with dome.

In this photo from the 1930s, the small tower can still be seen.

But in the photo from the 1950s and 1960s, she’s no longer there.

Here you can see the brick roof cornice typical of Tymoshenko’s style, trapezoidal windows (a well-known feature of Ukrainian Art Nouveau), and a “rushnyk towel pattern” brick design running along the line of the top-floor windows… Alas, the facade of this building, like many others in the city, is marred by a balcony, extended by apartment owners in 1990-2000s.

But with the right resources and the will to restore it, anything is possible!