- ul. Pestelya, 14
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59.942926966306, 30.347386870721 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Art object to the left of staircase No. 5
- Number of characters depicted
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2; 4; 6
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Historical background
It is currently not possible to identify the original owners of the land plot at the intersection of modern Ulitsa Pestelya and Liteyny Prospekt, as well as the designers of the initial site development project. However, we know that between 1858 and 1875 a three-storey stone revenue house located on this plot belonged to one Ritter. Earlier, the land was owned by Junior Captain Valentin Kosikovsky. Apparently, two floors were added to the building during his tenure. Various researchers credit the superstructure design to Nikolai Yefimov or Yegor Dimmert.
In 1876, the building was further renovated by the architect Julius Dutel, who expanded it alongside Ulitsa Pestelya (then Panteleimonovskaya Ulitsa). From that point on, the revenue house, which at that time belonged to A. Tupikov, acquired its modern eclectic look.
Up until 1927, the building housed the Byloye Publishing House and the Union of Leningrad Cooperative Book Publishers. Afterwards, the ground floor of the house was occupied by a pharmacy for almost fifty years.
Present in routes of categories Lion & Unicorn