In the 1920s, this house belonged to the famous merchant Charles Sikar. It was one of the first hotels in the young city - "Hotel du Nord". After arriving in Odessa on July 3.1823, Pushkin stayed at this hotel and lived there for a month. The street where the great poet lived, formerly called Italian, was renamed in 1880 in Pushkin, and a sign "Pushkin lived here" was placed above the gate. In 1959, the regional executive committee decided to create a memorial museum of Alexander Pushkin, which was opened two years later.→