Post Office, Central

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Post Office, CENTRAL (Postamt, from the German meaning Post Office) (9 Pochtamtskaya Street). Founded in St. Petersburg in 1714, located at the Troitskaya Landing (present-day Troitsky Bridge). In 1715-16, a two-story wooden building on Nemetskaya Street (present Millionnaya Street), which also housed a hotel, was built to accommodate the Post Office. In 1735, a stone building was constructed for the Post Office on the same street, near Dvoryanskaya Square. In 1782-89, architect N.A. Lvov constructed a new stone Post Office building in the style of High Classicism on Novo-Isaakievskaya Street (present Pochtamtskaya Street); its facades were decorated with three Tuscan porticos. In the centre was a coach-yard, surrounded with postal service buildings, and staff apartments on the upper floor. Reconstruction of the lower floor was carried out in 1801-03 (architect E.T. Sokolov); an arch (suspended gallery) spanning the width of street was constructed in 1859-61 (architect A.K. Cavos). In 1903-04, the inner yard was covered with a glass roof and turned into a processing room (civil engineer L.I. Novikov). Restoration of the interiors was undertaken in 1999-2002. The Postamt is currently the Central St. Petersburg Post Office. Today it occupies several adjacent buildings (also see the article "Post"). The word Postamt was given to Pochtamtskaya Street, the Pochtamtsky Lane and the Pochtamtsky Bridge. Earlier, distances in St. Petersburg were measured in kilometres from the Postamt.

References: Кутьин В. А., Соловьева Т. А., Сориц А. Н. Санкт-Петербургский почтамт. СПб., 1997.

V. V. Antonov. Cavos Albert Katarinovich
Lvov Nikolay Alexandrovich
Novikov Leonid Ivanovich
Sokolov Egor Timofeevich
Millionnaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Pochtamtskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city
Pochtamtskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 9
Pochtamtsky Lane/Saint Petersburg, city
Кутьин В. А., Соловьева Т. А., Сориц А. Н. Санкт-Петербургский почтамт. СПб., 1997 Troitsky Bridge
Postal Service
1714