The cemetery church of the Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, known as the Tikhvin Church, was built between 1784 and 1789 with funds from Ivan Fyodorovich Nerpin. It was located in a cemetery near the city. The building was brick, two-storied, and had the shape of a "ship".

Above the church rose a quadrangular dome, with a conch over the semicircular altar and a gable roof over the refectory. An octagonal lantern with arched windows adorned the dome, and a similar lantern was on the bell tower. The eight-pointed crosses on the dome, altar, and bell tower were wooden, covered with iron and gilded. The walls of the church were smooth with a complex cornice, the windows were semicircular with smooth frames, and in the church part, the windows were arranged in three tiers. Between the floors was a belt of skylights, and above the dome was an octagonal lantern with four windows, topped with a complex small dome. The windows of the first floor were protected by metal decorative grilles, and the attics had a semicircular shape.

The bell tower consisted of three tiers, the middle tier had skylights, and the ringing tier was octagonal with arched openings. The dome of the bell tower was two-tiered. The height to the roof was 5 fathoms, the height of the bell tower was 10 fathoms, the length was 8 fathoms and 2 arshins, and the width was 3 fathoms and 2.5 arshins. In the upper church, the vaults and walls were decorated with stucco.

In 1870, the ancient George Church was annexed to the church. In 1900, three attached chapels were mentioned: a wooden one in the churchyard in honor of the Kazan Mother of God, a stone one in the name of Saint George the Victorious on the bank of the Irtysh River one verst from the church, and a wooden one in honor of the Transfiguration of the Lord across the Irtysh at the Nerpin homestead. There were 302 male parishioners and 327 female parishioners, as well as 4 dissenters.

In 1921, the church's property was nationalized, and in 1922, the building was leased. In 1927, a decision was made to demolish the building, and in 1933 it was occupied by Renovationists and then demolished.