I. I. Karzinkin House
building in Moscow, Russia
The I.I. Karzinkin House (Russian: Доходный дом И. И. Карзинкина) is a historical building in Moscow (Stoleshnikov Lane, Building 9, Building 1). The apartment house was built in 1874 by the architect Vasily Karneyev in the eclectic style. Writer Vladimir Gilyarovsky lived in the house. The building has the status of an object of cultural heritage of federal significance.
History and description
No. 9 Stoleshnikov Lane consists of several buildings. The oldest of them now stands in the courtyard (house 9, building 3), it is marked on the plan of the 18th century. At the beginning of the 19th century, the building on Stoleshnikov Lane was acquired by the French ballet choreographer Jean Lamiral. Before returning to France, Lamiral sold the town estate to P. P. Gagarin. In the 1870s the property belonged to the wine merchant Yegor Lyova.
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