Stockyard

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STOCKYARD (65 Moskovsky Avenue), an architectural Neoclassical monument. It was built in 1823-26 (architect I. I. Charlemagne). It is a prominent example of a utilitarian building. The stockyard (or Petersburg slaughterhouses) was used for sale and later also for slaughter of cattle brought to St. Petersburg. It encompassed a central building, several outbuildings and an inner yard (territory about 10 hectares). The main facade of the central three-storied building, overlooking Moskovsky Avenue, is accomplished with a three-angled pediment and adorned with a moulded panel depicting horns of plenty; the ground floor is divided by three arches. At the entrance there was a pair of bronze bulls standing on pedestals (1827, sculptor V.I. Demut-Malinovsky), nowadays they decorate the entrance to the Samson Meat-Processing Plant. The central building is connected to the outer 1.5-storied buildings by a rusticated fence. In 1907-1908, St. Nicholas Church was erected in the yard (not preserved). In 1933, on the territory of the Stockyard a milk plant was established (nowadays Petmol Milk Works No.1.

References: Смоленский П. О. Бойни и скотопригонные дворы. СПб., 1902; Памятники архитектуры Ленинграда. 4-е изд., перераб. Л., 1975. С. 430-431.

S. V. Boglachev. Charlemagne Iosif Iosifovich
Demut-Malinovsky Vasily Ivanovich
Moskovsky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 65
Смоленский П. О. Бойни и скотопригонные дворы. СПб., 1902
Памятники архитектуры Ленинграда. 4-е изд., перераб. Л., 1975 Samson, Meat-Processing Plant