The house on the street Zhon Myronosyts Street, 4 was built in 1888-1890 according to the project of an unknown architect. At that time, this street was called Kasperovskiy lane, and since 1894 – Myronosytskyi lane. The complex facade of the building has features of both eclecticism, dominant in Kharkov in the 1880s, and neoclassicism, which gained popularity in the 1890s. Signs of the latter are massive columns, the capitals of which extend to the roof, arched windows with beautiful frames. The mezzanine tower on the right end is particularly memorable. It breaks out of the general symmetry, but gives its charm to the rhythm of the facade. In fact, together with the basement floor and the mezzanine, the house turns out to be three-story, although from most angles it appears to be one-story.
Pavel Goloperov, a nobleman originally from Bogodukhovsky Uyezd, acquired the property in 1876. The house was built for his daughter, Lydia, who married a nobleman, Collegiate Assessor Vladislav Kochetov. The Goloperov family complex on Kasperovsky Lane also included a neighboring one-story house at number 6, built in 1888-1889. Its arched window frame is identical to the main estate. Today, this is Zhon Myronosyts Street, 6/8—the sixth house was merged with the eighth. Likely, the 8th was added later, is stylistically distinct, and is located closer to the street’s roadway.
In the 1909 list of property owners, the fourth building on Mironositsky Lane is still listed as belonging to Lidiya Kochetova, although it is known that the family had been renting out parts of their property much earlier. Advertisements from 1894 already include information about a six-room apartment for rent in Goloperova’s building at number 6, complete with running water, a bathroom, and all amenities. During Soviet times, it housed the library of the House of Scientists; today, it houses the offices of numerous private organizations.
In an advertisement from 1896, the fourth building featured the E.P. Druzhkova Kindergarten and Preparatory School, which would remain in the building until at least 1907.
Researcher A. Paramonov notes that the interiors of the 4th building were luxurious, with its 18 rooms decorated with stucco, parquet floors, Dutch stoves, and expensive tiles. Some of the stucco remains intact to this day.
Until approximately 2009, Zhon Myronosyts Street, 4 (then Sovnarkomovskaya Street) housed Dental Clinic No. 220 and private dental offices. After that, the building fell into disrepair, its walls becoming a canvas for “discussions” by street artists and graffiti writers, which did not enhance its beauty.
Following Russian missile attacks in March 2022, the building’s windows, which still retained their original, beautiful frame, and the door were damaged, making it easier for unauthorized entry.
Due to a close-in strike by a Russian drone on the Kharkiv Art Museum on June 14, 2026, the building at Zhon Myronosyts Street, 4 lost the remains of its windows and doors, and debris damaged the façade. The windows, which utility workers had covered with OSB boards, were further damaged. The leaking roof was not also fixed. This will only accelerate the structural deterioration of the building, which has been without heating for many years.
Unfortunately, the building is not listed as a Kharkiv architectural landmark, nor does it have protected status. Without the goodwill of city authorities or reputable investors, this yet another example of the historical fabric of the city center is doomed to disappear.