One of the most memorable buildings on Kvitky-Osnov’yanenka Street is the house at number 9. It is located at the intersection of the street and Sobornyi Lane. Originally, Kvitky-Osnov’yanenka Street was called Goryainovsky Lane, and Sobornyi Lane was called Shlyapny Lane (from 1973 to 2016, it was called Sovetsky Lane).

Shlyapny (“hat”) Lane got its name because of the abundance of shops and stores that sold hats and caps.

That building was one of the ones where the Steifon family rented out space for shops.

The list of Kharkiv’s architectural landmarks states that the building was designed by architect Boris Kornienko in the early 20th century.

However, according to recent research by Andriy Paramonov, the building’s design dates back to the early 1880s—that is, when Kornienko was still in school.

The building was originally constructed in 1880 by the merchant P. Grebenshchikov as a two-story structure. In 1883, work began on converting the house into a three-story building (the current design), but the owner faced financial difficulties, so the house remained unfinished for a long time. Eventually, it passed to Konstantin Steifon (Grebenshchikov’s creditor), who completed the house only in 1897 (this year can be seen on the weather vane that crowns the elegant bay window turret).

According to pre-WWI photographs, the building housed shops selling curtain rods, rubber goods (the “Provodnik” cooperative), surgical supplies, wallpaper, and paper; there was also a “Toy and Game store” there.

Various stores operated in the building until the late 2000s. The building was then abandoned, and in the late 2010s, the facade was covered with construction netting.

The building was damaged as a result of a missile strike on the Palace of Labor on March 2, 2022.