Apostolopulo House

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Apostolopulo House
Native name
Russian: Дом Апостолопуло
2012 Taganrog Dom Apostolopulo.JPG
TypeMansion
Locationstr. Frunze, 26, Taganrog, Rostov oblast Russia
Built1870s
Architectural style(s)mix of motifs of different architectural styles
OwnerIvan Apostolopulo
Apostolopulo House is located in Russia
Apostolopulo House
Location of Apostolopulo House in Russia

Apostolopulo House (Alafuzov House) (Russian: Дом Апостолопуло) is the ancient mansion in Taganrog (str. Frunze, 26). It is located on the land plot which is at the corner of str.Frunze and Italyansky Lane.

History[edit]

Under the decree issued in 1806 by the Emperor Alexander I at the partition of the earth in the neighborhood of Taganrog settler Ivan Apostolopulo received an earth plot of 150 acres.[1]

The building on Nikolayevskaya Street, 28 (nowadays str. Frunze, 26) at the beginning of the 1870s belonged to the bourgeoisie Maria Apostolopulo.[1]

At the end of the 1880s the house was bought by the pharmacist Yakov Solomonovich Parnokh.[1] Maybe in this house were born his children, lately known as Valentin Parnakh (1891 — 1951) and Yelizaveta Tarakhovskaya (1891 — 1968).

At the beginning of the 1890s the house was bought by the wealthy peasant Cleopatra Karpovna Krasnokutskaya,[1] and at the beginning of the 20th century the attorney of District Court Konstantin Konstantinovich Popandopulo owned the building.[1]

About the 1910s Apostolopulo House was got by the 50-year-old hereditary honourable citizen Nikolay Nikolaevich Alafuzov who was considered as the rich house owner.[1] In sources this house is called sometimes Alafuzov House, by name of the last house owner.[2][3]

In the mid-1980s, the cellar of this house was equipped the workshop of artists Leonid Stukanov and Yury Shabelnikov who taught at the Taganrog Children's Art School.

Since the mid-1990s, there was a pharmacy in the house.

In the middle of the 2000s, the building was purchased by the owners of the IT company Coral-Micro, which housed the computer and office equipment store "Office World of KM", as well as a service center.

Architectural features[edit]

Architectural criticism of the 1870s-1880s highly appreciated the trend that arose at that time, based on a program mix of motifs of different architectural styles (most often Renaissance, Baroque and early classicism).[2] Buildings of this type were built in large numbers in Taganrog in the last third of the XIX century, and the house of Apostolopulo is one of them.[2]

Famous inhabitants[edit]

  • Parnokh, Yakov Solomonovich (1847-1912) - pharmacist, owner of the pharmacy, a member of the city Duma of Taganrog, an honorary citizen of Taganrog.[1]
  • Stukanov, Leonid Alexandrovich (1947-1998) - Russian artist, teacher, member of the Union of Artists of Russia.
  • Shabelnikov, Yury Leonidovich (1959) - Russian artist.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Гаврюшкин О.П. (2001). Мари Вальяно и другие (Хроника обывательской жизни). Таганрог: МИКМ. p. 544.
  2. ^ a b c Григорян М. Е., Решетников В. К (2013). Таганрог. История архитектуры и градостроительства конца XVII — начала XX века. Ростов н/Д: Омега-Принт. pp. 236–237.
  3. ^ "Гуляет старый Таганрог - Исторический Таганрог". sites.google.com.