Carved mansion | Phonography / Phone Photography Contest - 03

Hello, friends.
When I visit my daughter in the city of Tomsk, I like to wander around the center of the old city and admire the wooden houses decorated with various carvings. In general, the city of Tomsk is a paradise for lovers of wooden architecture.
Today I will talk about one of the most, in my opinion, interesting wooden houses in Tomsk. This is the mansion of the city architect Stanislav Khomich, built in 1904 in the Russian style.

Initially, the architect Khomich built this house for his family, but apparently maintaining such a large house during the Siberian frosty winter required significant funds and Khomich began renting out part of the house as apartments.
In 1914, the city architect was accused of corruption, sold the house and left Tomsk. And the house has changed many owners over a hundred years and now it houses the Licensing Chamber of the Tomsk Region and the Center for Licensing and Certification of Medical and Pharmaceutical Activities.

In the last photo, an attentive reader may notice that the wall between the two wooden houses is brick. This is a firewall, a special fire wall that was supposed to protect one of the buildings from fire if the other caught fire.

The first photograph is submitted for participation in Phonography/Phone Photography Contest-03 by @untilwelearn
The last photo submitted for participation in PhotoFeed Contest - Cityscape Photography Round 73 @photofeed
Camera: Samsung Galaxy A10
Location: Russia, Siberia, Tomsk
Friends, thank you for your attention, see you soon.
Best regards @irvet

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