Shubin House - the oldest wooden building in Irkutsk. The building was built in the XVIII century. and today it is an architectural monument of federal significance. The house was named, supposedly in honor of its owner - a local tradesman Shubin.

House Shubin - a wooden building, made in the style of a traditional plan of Irkutsk. Storey old mansion with prirub to the side facade was built from pine "in oblo" that is, with the release of all logs. A little later, his sheathed boards and decorated with carvings. At the heart of the house is pyatisotenny frame 7, 7 × 2 m, 9 m. On the side facade is a porch, stairs and porch. There is also a mezzanine floor prirub, which was arranged an open spacious balcony. Mezzanine floor is one of the characteristic architectural tricks XVIII century. - While in the city of Irkutsk was imposed an official ban on the erection of two-storey houses. The internal layout of the house is typical of Irkutsk. On the ground floor you can see the preserved Russian oven.

House Shubin was traditional for Siberia called luchkovye gate and high fence.

The uniqueness of the house Shubin is that it is the only surviving until today the wooden construction of the XVIII century. All other similar buildings burned in numerous fires. Almost all of the old wooden Irkutsk - it structures built after 1879

The owners of the building in the twentieth century. brought a unique home to the degraded state. Old homestead for several years, was boarded. In August 2012 the mansion by a court seized with the owner, and in December 2012 it was sold at auction to a private company, has assumed an obligation to restore the house and keep it in the proper form.