Schreter's Houses

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Schreter's Houses (Nos.112 and 114 Moika River Embankment), monuments of architecture; private mansion and apartment building belonging to architect V.A. Schreter and built to his design on neighbouring lots separated from one another by a yard passage. A two-storied mansion with an attic (No.114) was built in 1890-91, in the so-called brick style and is reminiscent of the old Western European buildings (the impression is created by the corner compass window with a turret, fronton spire, high round window, terracotta additions in the walls). On the facade, there is a relief emblem of the Society of Architects. The front entrance with a marble staircase still features the original finishing. On the first floor is a dining room, a study and a drafting room, on the second floor, the living rooms and a large hall, at the attic, children's room. There were household outbuildings in the yard. A five-storey apartment building (No.112) was built in 1897-99 in Art Nouveau style. The facade features light-yellow tiling with brick cornices and corbels. The walls are broken up by paired windows, with triangular corner-windows in between covering two floors. The side facade is decorated by a round turret. Small balconies with grilles are situated on the upper floors, at corners; the attics were designed for artistic studios. The house had all modern conveniences for the period and was inhabited by affluent tenants.

V. V. Antonov. Schreter Viktor Alexandrovich
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 114
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 112