Darvina 11
House of the Painter at Darvina St., 11(Дарвiна, 11 in Ukrainian, Дарвина, 11 in Russian) - built in 1910 according to the design of the architect Gaush for Charles Blackie - director of Gelferich Sade, which will later become the "Hammer and Sickle" plant.
History[edit | edit source]
For some time, Charles Blackie was also the British vice-consul. Rumor has it that he was in favor of Queen Victoria and even corresponded with her from Kharkiv (however, it is obvious that not from the building at 11 Darvina, since Queen Victoria died in 1901). Blackie owned the building until 1917.
In the troubled years of 1917-18, the house became the headquarters of the Kharkiv Association of Anarchists (of individualist persuasion). In the 1920s and early 1930s, the building served as a hotel for foreigners, later it was a dormitory of the Kharkiv Regional Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine.
Now the house of the Painter is located here.