Дом Шубиных, Federal heritage wooden house in Irkutsk, Russia.
The Shubin House is an 18th-century wooden residential building on Lapina Street featuring tall walls and multiple entrances. The spatial arrangement spans a large territory displaying traditional Siberian wooden architecture.
The Shubin House is a wooden building from the late 18th century, one of Irkutsk's oldest wooden houses and by some accounts its oldest; it survived the 1879 fire. In August 2012 a court took it from private owners, and in December 2012 it was sold at auction to a private company that undertook to restore it. No reconstruction work had begun by June 2015; the house was fully dismantled in September 2016 and rebuilding started in spring 2017.
The house shows how wealthy families in Siberia lived and designed their homes during the 18th century. The structure with its tall walls and multiple entrances reflects how residents of that era organized their domestic spaces.
The house stands on Lapina Street, and its dismantling for reconstruction began in September 2016; work on the building started in spring 2017. Visitors can follow the reconstruction from the street. The log walls and carved details are best examined in daylight, when the timber grain and joints are visible.
The house was completely dismantled in September 2016 for reconstruction, and rebuilding began in spring 2017. It had been sold at auction in December 2012 to a private company obliged to restore it, yet by June 2015 no work had been done. Some sources call it the oldest wooden house in Irkutsk.
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