The entrance to this building, located at Rymars’ka Street, 6 is quite unusual.

There are four fountains there, two of which are still in operation today.

The fountains in the building’s entrance hall helped cool the air and lower the temperature inside during the summer heat.

The Northern Art Nouveau-style building was designed by architect Rzhepishevskyi and constructed in 1912. Oleksandr Rzhepishevskyi lived in this house from 1912 to 1914.

It was a cooperative housing building, one of the first of its kind in Kharkiv.

In such buildings, the residents owned their apartments outright rather than renting them, as was the case in typical pre-WWI apartment buildings.

On the upper floors, the condition of the stairwell deteriorates—here, it is no different from most neglected old Kharkiv buildings.

On the top floor, there is a window opening made of original Falconier glass blocks, offering a beautiful, photogenic view of Rymars’ka Street.

In this part of the street, with its low-rise buildings, the tall six-story building at Rymars’ka Street, 6 looks like a skyscraper, but for some reason it doesn’t detract from the overall impression.