Pushnikov's House

The north-eastern corner of Tokmak and Bazarnaya The end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries was characterized by the improvement of the city and the construction of large houses at the head of the city estate. The houses stood on high stone foundations made of cobblestones or ashlars, above which there was a brick basement with a patterned decor of the brickwork. The walls of the upper floors are frame-wooden or log. The number of rooms was determined by the wealth of the city dweller, but more often the houses were three-room, with a vestibule in the middle, from which separate entrances led to the kitchen, living room and guest room. The roofs of rich buildings were covered with iron or planks. There were roofs made of wooden shingles; this material was usually used to cover the pediments and the pyramidal towers that completed the structure. The facades were plastered, panels were stretched along the consoles, and carved cornices and platbands were hung. The sawn carving of the cornices and platbands was supplemented with overhead sawn parts. In large windows, instead of external shutters, internal plank panels were used. In houses on the courtyard side, terraces-galleries were required, with a main entrance from the street and a porch leading to the courtyard of the estate. Wooden posts and railings with posts, slotted cornices gave the terrace an elegant look. The gallery had a second tier, which was reached by a staircase with railings, and there was an exit to the rooms on the second floor.