Municipal Institutions Buildings (entry)

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MUNICIPAL INSTITUTION BUILDINGS. Buildings intended to house various institutions (education committees, military enlistment, sanitary and medical committees); subject to the City Duma and City Government. The first municipal institution building was erected at 55-57 Sadovaya Street, / 40-42 Voznesensky Avenue (1904-1906, architect A.L. Lishnevsky); its facades were decorated in the style of late Eclecticism (see Historic Style), with elements of the Art Nouveau, Gothic and Renaissance styles. The corner tower effectively fixes the building's connection to the city's large highways. Besides Duma committees, it also housed the city government's printing-house and tin workshop, which made number signs. The second municipal institution building was built at 49 Kronverksky Avenue (1912-1913, architects M.M. Peretyatkovich, M.S. Lyalevich). It was decorated in the Retrospective style and, with its lifeless majesty, anticipates the style of the 1930s-50s. The general composition, with a tower in the middle, dates back to traditional European town council building plans. The first floors of municipal institution buildings were rented to trade establishments. Currently, the building on Sadovaya Street houses the Admiralty District's administrative institutions, and the building on Kronverksky Avenue is part of the University of Precise Mechanics and Optics complex.

References: Нелюбов Н. С. Обзор строительной деятельности С.-Петербургского городского общественного управления за 1905-1906 гг. СПб., 1908; Федоров С. Г. И образ, и функция: Страницы творч. биографии А. Л. Лишневского // СиАЛ. 1980. № 6. С. 31-35.

M. N. Mikishatiev. Lishnevsky Alexander Lvovich
Lyalevich Marian Stanislavovich
Peretyatkovich Marian Marianovich
Kronverksky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 49
Sadovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 57
Sadovaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 55
Voznesensky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 40
Voznesensky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 42
Нелюбов Н. С. Обзор строительной деятельности С.-Петербургского городского общественного управления за 1905-1906 гг. СПб., 1908
Федоров С. Г. И образ, и функция: Страницы творч. биографии А. Л. Лишневского // Стр-во и архитектура Ленинграда, 1980 City Duma
Administrative board of the city
State Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg