One of the main attractions on Kulykivska Street is a majestic Art Nouveau mansion with a tower.

No one can say for certain who built it or for whom. It is believed that Oleksander Ginzburg was the architect, although there is no definitive proof of this. There are reports that the house was built in 1912 for the paper manufacturers Hoffman and Deul. However, this information is also unreliable.

The interior of the house is symmetrical—it has two living rooms, two back doors, two entry halls, and so on—which means the house was clearly designed for two owners.

In the 1920s, the building housed the Antoshkin Cultural Center for Cooperative Employees.

The building is in desperate need of restoration. The ground floor is occupied by “Zhivot,” one of Kharkiv’s oldest operating music clubs, while the upper floors house the Kharkiv State Center for Artistic and Technical Creativity.