The two-story brick building at 24 Volodarsky Street is a fine example of a modest yet respectable structure from the early 20th century. Its appearance blends architectural traditions of the preceding era with elements of late rationalist Art Nouveau. The symmetrically protruding flat side risalits (projections) with balconies lend the facade a classical sense of balance, while the narrow «hanging» pilaster strips (vertical wall elements not resting on the base) between the windows and the elongated window shapes give it a graceful vertical rhythm.
The influence of Art Nouveau is evident in the sculpted outlines of the attic pylons (low decorative walls above the central part of the building) crowning the risalits, the large semicircular windows, and the flat linear decorative details. The rear courtyard-facing facade is undecorated, while the two side facades are blank walls with low gables.
Historically, the building was known as the «Commercial Furnished House of Fyodor Petrovich Loshkomoyev». Built in 1910, it was presumably designed by Tyumen’s city architect Konstantin Pavlovich Chakin. It stood adjacent to a two-story wooden hotel, also owned by the Loshkomoyev family, which no longer exists – a small park now occupies the site.
Fyodor Petrovich Loshkomoyev was the son of Pyotr Grigoryevich Loshkomoyev, a peasant from the Uspenskaya Volost of the Tyumen Uyezd. He ran a haulage business, traded in agricultural tools, engines, and machines, and produced and sold construction materials such as lime, chalk, and alabaster. He also operated a commission agency for buying, selling, transporting, and shipping various goods, and owned the commercial furnished house. His hotel was considered one of the most affordable in the city. It featured a kitchen, telephone, bath, and electric lighting. The establishment also housed a restaurant managed by one of the city’s finest chefs.
