The hotel "Kazanskoye Podvorye" (the Melnikov House), or the hotel "Kazan" in the Soviet period, is located in the heart of the city, on the pedestrian Bauman street. Large-scale building is in a state of reconstruction.

This building is considered an architectural masterpiece. The hotel project designed by architect Thomas Petondi was one of his last and most spectacular projects.

Millers bought the neighboring building owned by Colonel Vasily Strakhovu. He commissioned the architect Thomas Petondi new project. It was necessary to build a house for the family and for device of and for stores. Petondi restored the victim in the fire of the Melnikov house and was included in the complex adjacent building. The whole complex he combined total luxury decorative finish of the facade.

In 1850 the "house" was owned by a merchant I. Y. Tikhonov. He expanded the hotel and upgraded interior trim and decor. In 1902, merchant and philanthropist P. Shetinkin bought another one, standing near the corner building. Project architect Hermanovich was newly decorated facade, built on the fourth floor and made alterations in buildings. The building became even bigger.

Façade element with semirotunda refers to the end of the 19th century, the rest of the facade with a frieze and columns refers to a later time. All three sections of the facade is decorated with stucco garlands. Above the entrance is a balcony, which is supported by Atlanta (decorating the hotel Atlanta is the only one in Kazan).

The hotel was visited by many famous people, including poet Vladimir Mayakovsky in 1927, lived a few days in one of the hotel rooms.