Drevitsky House

The two-story mansion was built in the neoclassical style ^[1] . On the facade in both floors with 6 windows. In the interfloor space under the windows there were bas-reliefs depicting lion heads. The rooms were equipped with elegant fireplaces. The ceilings were decorated with modeling.

The mansion was built in 1840 ^[2] . Owners: 1873 - college registrar F. Serebryakov, 1880 - college assessor Yakovenko, 1890 - Turkish merchant N. Samar-Ogly, 1898 - N.K. Mumulov (opened a tobacco factory in the building), from 1906 to 1912 - Manager of the Taganrog branch of the Russian Shipping Company I. Ya. Drevitsky ^[1] . From 1912 to 1925, the mansion belonged to the heirs of Drevitsky.

In 1925, the house was nationalized and divided into communal apartments. Without proper care, the house was dilapidated and by the end of the 1980s the tenants were resettled and the house itself was in disrepair. In 1991, the house was transferred to the Taganrog fish processing plant (director N. I. Demyanenko). Local residents called the ruined remains of the house “count ruins” ^[3] . In March 2002, the company Expert-South LLC announced its plans to build a new residential building on the site of the Drevitsky House, preserving the historical facade ^[3] .

Finally, the Drevitsky house was destroyed in 2002 .

On the site of Drevitsky’s house, the builder Vesta-D LLC (director V. P. Dashchenko) from 2005 to 2007 built a four-story apartment building with a defiantly wretched appearance ^[4] . Since the Ministry of Culture of the region did not issue permission to carry out reconstruction (construction) of the cultural heritage site, the developer was found guilty of an administrative offense and was sentenced to a fine in November 2007 ^[4] .