Popenkov's House

on the corner of Gryaznovskaya and Bolnichnaya streets. Beginning of the twentieth century. The end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th centuries was characterized by the improvement of the city and the construction of significant houses of one and a half or two floors 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 of the semi-basement or first floor with 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, with a vestibule in the middle, from which separate entrances led to the kitchen, living room and guest room. The roof was covered with iron. Facade with carved cornices, platbands and shutters on the windows. Metal openwork canopies hung over the wooden porches of the front entrance. Under the overhanging roofs on the courtyard side there were terrace-galleries 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. Popenkov was a large landowner. He rented out land to newly arrived settlers. His settlements were located on the southwestern outskirts of the city and for a long time bore the name of the former owner - Popenovka.