[club1543502|19 Rymskaya Street, Building with Own Apartments].6 photos

The owners of the apartments in this building were individuals engaged in so-called \"freelance\" professions, who practiced privately at home: doctors, lawyers, architects, merchants, and others. The nature of their work required them to reside in a prestigious residence in the city center, but their financial circumstances did not allow them to afford a mansion. Therefore, they needed 4- or 6-room apartments with reception rooms and offices. It was in one such apartment that Rzepishevsky and his family moved in. The successful continuation of this initiative was the construction of a large six-story \"office building\" at 19 Rymskaya Street in 1912-1914, where many people from these same professions also settled down. Rzepishevsky's expertise and abundant creative imagination enabled him to develop numerous design options for the interior layout and decoration of the apartments, tailored to meet the needs and tastes of their owners. For example, a doctor on the first floor had a small private clinic set up, while artists were provided with workspaces equipped with upper lighting in the attic floor. The architect himself moved into this building, occupying two apartments: one for living, on the top floor, with a personal workshop in the attic; and another for office use, on the second floor, featuring a reception area and a office for meeting with clients and subcontractors. Source: ngeorgij.livejournal.com #Kharkov #Harьkov #History of the First Capital