One of the oldest residential buildings in Rostov-on-Don is a pre-revolutionary three-story house, built in the early 20th century in the Art Nouveau style for the wealthy citizen Khajayev.

This brick building has a U-shaped form, two floors with a basement, and a multi-pitched roof. The facade is plastered and adorned with intricate stucco decor. In the asymmetric composition of the facade, two pilasters stand out: the left one, emphasizing the entrance, ends with a tall stepped attic, while the right one is shorter. The entrance door is double-leaf, panelled with a transom, and the window recesses are protected by wrought iron grilles.

The architectural appearance of the facade is created by a combination of traditional plaster and stylized decor, as well as the cladding of the spandrels of both floors with ochre ceramic tiles. The horizontal division of the facade is ensured by profiled cornices and moldings.

The window openings of the first floor are framed with architraves featuring massive U-shaped lintels and keystones, while the semi-circular openings of the second floor are connected between the pilasters with moldings. In the western part of the facade, the rectangular lintels of the windows are similarly connected.

The facade is decorated with stucco decor featuring motifs of flora and fauna: frieze ornaments of leaves and flowers, a composition on the stepped attic, and an insert with herons in the false lunette of the eastern pilaster. Plant ornaments are also present in the wrought elements of the gates and grilles.

After the establishment of Soviet power, the building was confiscated and turned into communal housing, which led to the loss of many elements of its exterior, including the finishes of the attics. The plaster and stucco decor suffered greatly, and the interior decoration has almost disappeared. Nevertheless, the building has survived to this day and is a monument of civil architecture from the early 20th century, included in the list of cultural heritage sites of regional significance.