Academy House

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ACADEMY HOUSE (1/2 Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment), architectural monument. A residential house of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, built according to an exemplary project of the early 18th century, reconstructed in 1757-58 (architect S.I. Chevakinsky); in 1793-94 a block along the Seventh Line of Vasilievsky Island was built, and in 1806-08, the main block was reconstructed again in high Neoclassical style (architects A.G. Bezhanov and A.D. Zakharov). The austere look of the main facade of the three-storey house is enlivened with a four-column portico of Doric Order, supporting a heavy entablement and a balcony. The walls contain 29 commemorative plaques with the names of scientists who lived here. I.P. Pavlov's memorial apartment is situated in the house.

References: Князев Г. А. Дом академиков // Белые ночи: О тех, кто прославил город на Неве. Л., 1973. Вып. 2. С. 79-92; Мемориальные доски Санкт-Петербурга: Справ. СПб., 1999.

V. G. Isachenko. Bezhanov Alexsey Gavrilovich
Chevakinsky Savva Ivanovich
Pavlov Ivan Petrovich
Zakharov Andreyan (Adrian) Dmitrievich
7th Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city
Leitenanta Schmidta Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 1/2
Князев Г. А. Дом академиков // Белые ночи: О тех, кто прославил город на Неве. Л., 1973
Мемориальные доски Санкт-Петербурга: Справ. СПб., 1999 Russian Academy of Sciences