A. Gopius, it was designed along the lines of the earlier neoclassical style of Andreyan Zakharov or William Heste.

[3] The house's completion also brought to an end the development of Ufa's Cathedral Square, an integrated neoclassical urban ensemble.

[1] At the turn of the twentieth century, the life of the Governor's House could be summarised, predictably, as: "Breakfasts in the dining room, evening parties by the fireside, theatre plays in the hall."

[1] After the October Revolution of 1917, the Ufa Council (Soviet) of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies and the provincial revolutionary committee moved in.

[1][2] By the mid 1920s, however, the building had come to be occupied by medical institutions; it later housed the general dispensary, emergency station and polyclinic.

[5] Also facing Tukayeva Street is the entrance to the building, which is sheltered by a large cast-iron decorative canopy.

[5] Initially, the house's interior configuration was that of a residential building: the main floor, at the Sovetskaya Street level, featured a drawing room, study and a hall, with the bedroom located in the mezzanine.