The article considers the social activity of the civil engineer I.F. Nosovich in the first third of the XXth century in West Siberia. An important factor is the discovery of new archive documents about the development of building in the first third of the XXth century. According to the content of the article one can draw the conclusion about the contribution which the architect has brought in the development of West Siberia.

Key words: architect, town-building, building, architectural competition, church, plan, estimate, social activity, reconstruction, archive documents.