At the corner of Kotlyarevs’koho and Volodymyrs’ka Streets, you can see a small, beautiful house that stands out from the rest in the southern part of Moskalivka neighborhood. The ends of this building’s red brick walls are finished with light-colored quoins, and you can also see bands of light-colored brick on the walls. These elements are reminiscent of the so-called Queen Anne architectural style of the early 18th century, elements of which became popular again in the English architectural eclecticism of the 1870s. You can also see majolica above the windows.

This house was built by architect Vasyl Krychevsky for his family in 1897. The architect lived here.

Vasyl Krychevsky, who is best known in Kharkiv for his eclectic buildings featuring Gothic Revival elements and his work on the facades of buildings designed by architect Beketov, later became one of the founders of the Ukrainian Art Nouveau style. Vasyl Krichevsky designed the Ukrainian coat of arms, seals, and banknotes of the Ukrainian People’s Republic in 1918.

The building’s current address is Kotlyarevs’koho Street, 13, but on the wall you can also see a “house-shaped sign” with the address 13/60, which also indicated the building number as seen from Volodymyrs’ka Street. Such signs were popular in the 1920s–1960s; the address was displayed on two side glass panels, which were illuminated from the inside by a light bulb. This made the house number more visible when viewed from the side.

On the building, you can see an very old plaque bearing the date “1827”—this, of course, is not the year the house was built, but the year the insurance company that insured the house was founded.