House on the corner of Iskakovskaya and Meshchanskaya streets

House on the south-eastern corner of Iskakovskaya and Meshchanskaya streets. Beginning of the twentieth century. The construction of residential buildings in the city of Pishpek was carried out strictly according to plan. Rectilinear streets formed squares or rectangles of blocks and in one block there were four to six plots, each with an area of ​​0.1 hectares. Houses on courtyard estates were placed on the corner or in the center of the site, with the main facades facing the street. The roofs of rich buildings were covered with iron or planks. The facades of the houses were plastered, panels were stretched along the consoles, carved cornices, platbands, and shutters were hung on the windows. Houses of the 19th - early 20th centuries stood on high stone foundations made of cobblestones or cut stone, above which there was a base with patterned brickwork decor. The walls of such houses were made of wooden frames or made of hewn logs. The wood was plastered on top. 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. In the courtyards, there were indispensable utility rooms: summer kitchens, sheds, cellars, stalls... 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. Blind double-leaf gates ended with gable roofs or arched ceilings. Gates could also be pillar gates with patterned brickwork and massive iron-bound doors.