One of the most beautiful architectural monuments in Perm is the house of steamboat captain Lyubimov, which now houses the local theater for young spectators. The building was erected at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries according to the design of the famous architect Alexander Bonaventurovich Turchevich. This two-story house is built in the Art Nouveau style with elements of the popular electrical style of that time.

Today, the building is still called the house of steamboat captain Lyubimov, although Ivan Ivanovich Lyubimov, the owner of a large shipping company, never lived there and passed away in the winter of 1899. In the summer of the same year, Elizaveta Ivanovna Lyubimova, born Ryazanova, purchased two large plots from the Kamensky brothers and Feodosiy Alexandrovich Tokarev. On this land were a large garden and two houses, which were demolished at Lyubimova's order. Construction began in the fall, and in 1900, the magnificent two-story mansion was completed.

Elizaveta Ivanovna lived in this house until the arrival of Soviet power, hosting grand receptions and entertaining guests with performances of a home theater in the garden. In 1918, the house was confiscated from its lawful owner, and various political structures of the new power were placed in it. Later, the building was handed over to a pioneer organization, and it suffered greatly. Since 1948, the former Lyubimov house housed the Perm Drama Theater, and in 1982, the building was transferred to the Perm Theater for Young Spectators, which still owns it today. Fortunately, the main building has been preserved and restored, but the large garden and other structures were completely lost during the years of Soviet power.