Merchant Bank Building (Kharkiv)
Будівля купецького банку та готелю «Асторія» | |
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| Location |  Ukraine, Kharkiv, Pavlivskyi Square, 10 |
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| Coordinates | 49°59′17″N 36°13′56″E / 49.98806°N 36.23222°E |
| Designer | Nikolai Vasyliev, Oleksandr Rzhepishevskyi |
| Builder | Oleksandr Rzhepishevskyi |
| Type | bank, office and hotel |
| Material | reinforced concrete, brick |
| Height | 6 floors |
| Beginning date | 1910 |
| Completion date | 1913 |
| Restored date | 1950s |
| Heritage status | Monument of architecture and urban planning of local significance of Ukraine No. 7278-Ха |
The Building of the Merchant Bank (Ukrainian: Будівля купецького банку, Ukrainian: Асторія "Astoria" or Ukrainian: Мелодія "Melody")[1] is a historical building in the city center of Kharkiv, located on Pavlivskyi Square, 10. It is a monument of architecture and urban planning of local significance No. 7278-Ха.[2]
History
[edit]The idea of building a new building arose in the Kharkiv Merchant Society in 1909, when an architectural competition was held in St. Petersburg.[1] The project of Russian architect Leonid Sologub won it.[3] However, the Society chose the project of the young Ukrainian architect Oleksandr Rzhepishevskyi and the architect from St. Petersburg Nikolai Vasyliev as its winner.[1][4] Sculptures were made by sculptors V. V. Kozlov and L. A. Dietrich.[5] The building of the Merchant Bank was built in 1910–1913, it has six floors: the first three were occupied by the bank itself and office premises, the upper three were occupied by one of the most elite hotels in the city - "Astoria".[6] The name of the hotel arose at the beginning of the 20th century as a response to hotels of a fashionable style in New York, owned by the Astor brothers.[7]
The building is made in the Northern Modern style, decorated with large Atlases, bizarre mascarons and other stucco. The building has a monolithic reinforced concrete frame, which was erected by the Black Sea Insurance Society.[1] Inside, the bank and the hotel were stylishly decorated, two elevators worked.[8] To supervise the construction, architect Rzhepishevsky moved to Kharkiv, where he will create a number of buildings in the National Romantic style (Northern Modern), in particular cooperative houses No. 6 (known as the "House with Fountains") and No. 19 Rymarska Street, where he himself will live.[9][10][1]
At the beginning of the Soviet-German war, the building was burned down, and later damaged by shelling.[11] After the Second World War, it was restored according to the project of architect Petro Shpara.[5] In Soviet times, the building became known as "Melody" - after the name of a large music store, which was located on the first floor of the building from 1951 to 2011.[5]
Gallery
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Fancy mascaron -
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Flat Atlases -
Building during World War II -
Fancy mascaron -
Stucco molding near the entrance -
Stucco -
Stucco molding with knightly motifs -
Small wrought iron sculptures supporting the canopy over the entrance
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Купецький банк та готель «Асторія» | Харківська мапа". khuamap.netlify.app. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ^ Наказ Міністерства культури та інформаційної політики України від 14 січня 2021 року № 10 «Про занесення об'єктів культурної спадщини до Державного реєстру нерухомих пам'яток України»
- ^ "История одной «Мелодии»". Накипіло (in Ukrainian). 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ "Тайны дома «Мелодия». Часть 1 — Харьков Манящий". moniacs.kh.ua. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ a b c "Дом «Мелодия» — Харьков Манящий". moniacs.kh.ua. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ "Бывший Купеческий банк и Гостиница «Астория»". Харьков - куда б сходить? (in Russian). Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-29.
- ^ "Про назву Astor - Astor School" (in Ukrainian). 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ^ "Бывший Купеческий банк и Гостиница «Астория»". Харьков - куда б сходить? (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ Цикало, К. А. "Компанійські будинки в Харкові (початку ХХ ст.)". p. 41. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ "Дом с фонтанами — Харьков Манящий". moniacs.kh.ua. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ "Площадь Розы Люксембург". Харьков: новое о знакомых местах (in Russian). 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
Sources
[edit]- Kharkiv region: encyclopedic dictionary. / Kharkiv region. council. Kharkiv. Golden pages, 2014. — 440 p.
- Directory "All Kharkiv", 1913.
- Former Merchant Bank and Astoria Hotel
- Merchant Bank and Astoria Hotel — Kharkiv Map
