Martyn Brothers House

The two-story red brick house was built in 1893, according to the project of the Rostov architect Nikolai Matveyevich Sokolov. The house was built in the spirit of pseudo-gothic eclecticism.[2] It was a mixture of Russian and German architecture elements. In the corner part of the house, there is a bay window with a pointed tower. Originally, the building was owned by a British citizen Ivan Romanovich Martyn, then by his wife P.I. Martyn. Then, the house belonged to their sons – Basil, George, Ivan. Martin's family in Rostov-on-Don owned the foundry-mechanical plant "John Martyn and Co.", located near the house.

In the 1910s, George Martyn was Consul of the United States,[3] and in the house of the Martyn brothers was his reception room. In the 1920s, the building was nationalized. On the first floor, there are various institutions, and on the second floor there are communal apartments. After the Great Patriotic War, the building was renovated, during which time, the roof windows were lost.[3] In 1980-1990s the building was occupied by the House of the artist, there were a salon-shop, an exhibition-vernissage and an antique stall.

In 2007, the building was transferred to the state museum-reserve of M.A. Sholokhov, after which it was restored. It is planned that after the completion of the repair work in the house of the Martyn brothers will be located the museum's branch.[4]