One of the most beautiful mansions of pre-revolutionary Rostov-on-Don is the Tokarev Income House, located at the intersection of Bolshaya Sadovaya Street and Chekhov Avenue. This building, constructed in 1905 on the order of merchant and owner of a spirits factory Nikolai Ilyich Tokarev, is a cultural heritage site of regional significance and an architectural monument.
The three-story house is designed in an eclectic style, combining elements of neo-baroque, neo-rococo, and neoclassicism. The architectural appearance of the building is shaped by corbels and bay windows with tent-like finishes. The first floor is adorned with rustication, and the window openings are decorated with various moldings: on the second floor, they are topped with triangular pediments, while on the third, with rectangular ones. The facade is richly decorated with stucco, garlands, cartouches, and an entablature. In the niche of the third-floor balcony is a sculpture of Hygieia, daughter of the ancient god Asclepius, holding a cup and a snake, created by the Russian sculptor of Polish descent Ludwig Karlovich Shodki.
Before the revolution, this house housed the grocery store of S. O. Babakhanov, the Russian Theater Society, the "Oil-Cheese" store, as well as a warehouse for pharmacy dishes and corks of M. Rozenblum.
After the establishment of Soviet power, the building was confiscated and became home to the tenth city hospital. During World War II, the building suffered little damage. In 1945, when Clementine Churchill, wife of Winston Churchill, visited Rostov-on-Don, she stayed here, as commemorated by a memorial plaque on the facade.
In the late 1990s, in honor of the city's anniversary, the building was restored by employees of the "Spetsrestavratsiya" institute according to the project of architect Yu. N. Solnyshkin. Currently, the building houses city clinic No. 10, and despite the losses, the former Tokarev Income House continues to amaze with its beauty.
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