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Architectural Features
The house is interesting for its abundance of unusual decorative details referencing Greek mythology. Locals call it the “Faun House.” It owes this unusual nickname to a carved wooden figure on the pediment of the front annex. It has two symmetrical vertical volutes resembling ram's horns, dubbed the horns of a faun, the mythical ancient creature with a goat's hooves and head and a man's torso. The main face of the log house boasts three large front windows in Art Nouveau frames styled after German half-timbering. Each frame is topped by a cornice hood with pendants hanging at the sides in the form of olive branches intertwined with ribbons (Greece again). On the main facade, next to the front porch, there's another basement-level window. It is simpler than the three front windows and doesn't stand out much from the overall composition. Most likely it was cut in later, as its typical frame suggests: that kind came into mass use in Soviet times. The house is a cultural heritage site listed as “Residential House, 1926.”