Mashiach Borochoff House, Eclectic style residence on Jaffa Road, Jerusalem, Israel

The Mashiach Borochoff House is a two-story residential building on Jaffa Road featuring eclectic architecture that blends different styles. Its entrance is framed by an arcade with three pointed arches supported by decorative columns and topped with ornamental rosette ceiling details.

Mashiach Borochoff, a Bukharan Jewish textile merchant, built the house in 1908 on land bought from Wilhelm Duisberg. Borochoff died in 1946, and in 1947 the property was sold to Barclays Bank, which opened a branch there. In 1971 Barclays set up Barclays Discount Bank; since 1993 the branch has operated as Mercantile Discount Bank.

The two stone lions atop the gate pillars were carved by Simcha Yanover; one appears in micrography in The Jerusalem Haggadah (1996). The right lion was stolen in 2016, and in 2021, on Tel Hai Day, artist David (Duchi) Cohen placed a new lion resembling the Roaring Lion of Tel Hai in its place.

The house is located on Jaffa Road and can be viewed from the street, with the gate and facade details clearly visible. The location sits near several other historical buildings, making it easy to explore this part of the street on foot.

The wrought iron front gate displays the construction date of 1908 through decorative metalwork, showing the craftsmanship typical of early Jerusalem buildings. Such dates carved into metal are characteristic of properties built during this period in the city.