Although the date ofconstruction of this house on Chernyshevskoho street (at that time,Voskresenska street) remains under wraps, it is known that at the turn of the XIX and XX centuries Josef-Franz or Yosyp Frantsevych Sikorskyi,who probably was the first owner of the manor, lived here. A descendant fromthe Kingdom of Poland, a state councilor Yosyp Sikorskyi held the post of theattending physician of Chernihiv theological seminary for more than 20 yearsleaving the position only after 1894. After his death in the summer of 1906, thehouse was inherited by his son Viacheslav Sikorskyi. The father of the newowner was buried at the Petropavlivsk cemetery next to wife.
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