Konstantin Golovkin and Samara gained particular fame from the artist's dacha, built on a high bank of the Volga in the modern style. This was a unique architectural creation, developed by Konstantin Pavlovich himself with the assistance of architect V. Tepfer. The artist personally created numerous models to refine the appearance and proportions of the future dacha. As a result, it turned out to be a completely unusual building for Russian modernism.

Experts in architecture note the influence of the Vienna Secession in this structure. The architecture of Golovkin's dacha immediately attracts attention with its uniqueness: monolithic and strict facades, narrow loophole windows, asymmetry of building elements, all of this looks fundamental, unusual, and mysterious.

Konstantin Pavlovich also personally worked on the interior. For each room, he developed a separate design in a specific color scheme. The narrow windows created a mysterious half-light in the rooms. The wide windows of original shape opened a magnificent panoramic view of the expanses of the Volga. The walls of the central hall were adorned with Golovkin's original paintings depicting flying female figures in light garments, which, unfortunately, have not survived. These figures symbolized the Volga, and it is believed that the image of the river is embodied in the female sculpture adorning the staircase leading to the garden.

The main element of the sculptural decoration of the dacha became two huge elephant sculptures. The sketches of these massive animals were created by the artist himself, who also participated in their production. The sculptures were installed so that they could be clearly seen from the vessels passing by on the river.

According to contemporaries' recollections, the elephants and the girl formed an ensemble with fountains. Water flowed from vases on either side of the girl, while the elephants stood in flowing water. There is a version that documents and photographs related to the design and construction of the dacha are stored inside one of the elephants.

Leaving Samara, Golovkin left his dacha to the new authorities, hoping that a children's home would be placed there. However, a hospital was first organized in the "House with Elephants," followed by a kindergarten. By the end of the 1920s, the building became a club for the "Vodokanal," and the installation of heating negatively affected the condition of the foundation.

Due to frequent changes of ownership, the "House with Elephants" lost its magnificent interior, the foundation settled, and cracks appeared in the walls. In the 1990s, restoration work was carried out, which prevented the complete destruction of the building, but the interior and gardens were not fully restored.

Today, the "House with Elephants," remaining the property of the "Vodokanal," is fenced off, and the neglected garden has overtaken the entire territory, growing through paths, steps, and walls. The building continues to deteriorate, and the giant elephants are in a deplorable state, although in the 1930s, there were even plans to blow them up.