Scarlato House is a building dating from the beginning of the 20th century, made in an eclectic style with pronounced Baroque features. The house occupies an entire block between Kommunarov (Vorontsovskaya), Gorky (Vitovskaya) streets, Torgovy lane (January 21) and January 9 (Hannibalovskaya). It is considered the largest and most profitable house of old Kherson. Belonged to the merchant M.S. Scarlato, a descendant of the Moldavian boyar family.
Description
The successful location of the building, namely, near the main market of Kherson - Privoz, was the reason for the placement of shops, hotels, as well as small enterprises. During the Second World War, the building was badly damaged, and was partially destroyed. After the war, it was restored by German prisoners of war. The destroyed part, from the side of January 9th, was rebuilt anew. Until recently, the building was residential, and belonged to the Kherson plant them. Comintern.
The house is also known as the temporary housing of the Soviet director and actor Vsevolod Meyerhold .
Literature
- V. B. Pivorovich, S. A. Dyachenko "The streets of old Kherson"