Volkov`s House in Vologda, Wooden manor house in Vologda, Russia
Volkov's House is a wooden Empire-style mansion on Leningradskaya Street in Vologda, built in the first third of the 19th century. Its street facade is single-storey over a high basement, centred on a six-column Tuscan portico with a pediment; the windows carry slightly curved cornices. The courtyard facade is plainer, with a low mezzanine and a porch under a metal canopy on patterned brackets.
The house was built in the first third of the 19th century by Bagrakov; the architect is unknown. It later passed to the Stolzenwald family and takes its name from its last owner, Nikolai Alexandrovich Volkov, mayor of Vologda in 1893–1904 and 1912–1917. After 1917 an art technical school opened here, where his daughter Elena taught.
The house became known for artistic activity when the owner's daughter taught art classes inside. This connection to art education shaped how local people view the building even today.
The house stands on Leningradskaya Street, with its formal portico facing the street and a plainer courtyard facade behind. It now houses a music school, so the interiors are not visitable as a museum; the six-column Tuscan portico and the carved metal brackets of the courtyard porch are best seen from outside.
The house is one of three parts of the Volkov estate, together with the stables and service buildings. Its street front is a one-storey mansion over a tall basement, while the courtyard side has a low mezzanine and a porch under a metal canopy on patterned brackets.
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