Bukhartovskiye house, Regional cultural heritage building in Ufa, Russia.
The Bukhartovskiye house is a residential building in Ufa featuring intricately carved wooden decorations and windows arranged in a balanced composition across its facade. The structure displays the architectural style preferred by prosperous residents during the late 1800s in this region.
The house was built in the 1890s, though some sources give 1902–1904, for the Bukhartovsky family, Polish-descended nobles. It was officially owned by Maria Bukhartovskaya, chair of the Ufa ambulance society, while her husband Genrikh, city police chief from 1906 to 1911, founded the People's Temperance Park, now Yakupov Park. After the revolution a barbershop occupied the ground floor and Chekists lived upstairs. The house was listed as a regional heritage site in 2017.
The house belonged to the Bukhartovsky family, Polish-descended nobles; it was officially owned by Maria Bukhartovskaya, chair of the Ufa ambulance society and member of the ladies' charity section of the city's poor relief committee. Her husband Genrikh, Ufa's police chief in 1906–1911, founded the People's Temperance Park, now I. Yakutov Park. The ground floor held servants' rooms, the family lived upstairs.
The building is located in central Ufa and can be viewed from the street to appreciate the exterior details and carved decorations. Visitors should allow time to observe the wooden ornaments and window arrangements that are clearly visible from outside.
The corner balcony that gave the house its nickname was removed by the building management in 2012. The main entrance beneath it, which once led to shops and a pharmacy, has since been walled up.
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