The estate at 21 Dzerzhinsky Street is the ancestral home of the Novosyolov family. It was built in the late 19th century by Afanasy Grigoryevich Novosyolov, a peasant from the Turinsk District. The estate occupies a corner lot. Of the once extensive property, the main house and a wing have been preserved.
The exterior of the house is characteristic of Tyumen wooden architecture. This two-story wooden building rests on a brick foundation and is constructed as a rectangular pyatistenok (a five-wall log house). Facing the courtyard is an annex with a covered porch and living quarters. The façades are decorated with austere window frames. Prominent windows on the upper floor are emphasized by large under-window panels featuring flexible vegetal motifs carved in shallow relief. The cornices are adorned with decorative finials. The lower-story windows, equipped with shutters, are more modest in appearance. Paneled pilasters and a wide cornice with a plain frieze help define the log walls.
A distinctive feature of the window frame pattern is a closed cruciform design – calm, balanced, with a smooth, complete silhouette – and a light, planar carving style reminiscent of Old Russian woodcarving traditions. The house is recognized as a cultural heritage site of regional significance, as noted on the marble plaque affixed to its main façade.
Little is known about the house’s original owner, Afanasy Grigoryevich Novosyolov. His son, Ivan Afanasyevich, inherited the family estate and went on to become the owner of one of Tyumen’s sawmills. Ivan had already accumulated his initial capital before the family moved to Tyumen, having been listed as a merchant from Verkhoturye. He was known as a talented entrepreneur, a demanding but fair employer, and a wise family patriarch.
Ivan began his business in Tyumen by supplying stone for paving the city’s roads. Later, he came to own a sawmill – originally purchased by his father in 1891 – located near the mouth of the Babarynka River, just beyond the Holy Trinity Monastery.
