Buildings of the Northern Insurance Company
Historic buildings in Moscow
The Buildings of the Northern Insurance Company (Russian: Здания Северного страхового общества) is a complex of two houses in the center of Moscow (Ilyinka Street, 21–23). Built in 1910–1911 for the Northern Insurance Company. The buildings have the status of objects of cultural heritage of regional significance.
History and description
At the end of the 19th century, the Northern Insurance Company occupied the house of Orlov-Davydov on Nikolskaya street. In 1900, it was decided to build a complex of profitable houses for society, where offices, retail and storage premises would be located. For this purpose, a plot of land was purchased on the Novaya Ploshad for Kitaigorodskaya Wall. An architectural competition was announced, in which 22 projects took part. The first place was occupied by the project of architects I. I. Rerberg, M. M. Peretyatkovich, V. K. Oltarzhevsky and I. A. Golosov.
The complex of two buildings was organically integrated into the surrounding buildings. The architecture of the eastern part of the complex was influenced by the proximity of the Church of St.
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