"People´s Houses (Russian: Народный дом) were originally leisure and cultural centres built with the intention of making art and cultural appreciation available to the working classes. ...
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The first establishment of this type appeared in Tomsk, Russian Empire in 1882. Soon people´s Houses became popular in England (1887, "People´s Palace"), Scotland, Turkey and other European states.
The term "people´s house" (e.g., folkets hus, casa del pueblo, maison du peuple, etc.) was further used in continental Europe for working-class public community centres, each of which often had associations with particular trade union organizations and political parties." - (en.wikipedia.org 21.05.2021)
