House of Culture of Railway Workers
The House of Culture of Railway Workers was a building at No. 26 Ligovsky Avenue in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The building was originally the Orphanage for Poor Children of the Imperial Philanthropic Society, which had existed since 1816.[1][2]
History
In 1818, a Mr. F. M. Batasheva donated funds towards the purchase of a plot of land on what was then Ligovskaya Street. A two-storey stone house was built on the plot in 1828 by Anton Matveevich Kurtsi with a hipped roof and ten windows with lion masks. The building was rebuilt in 1852 by Vladislav Pavlovich Lvov, who also built a chapel in the grounds in 1853.[1]
The buildings were renovated in 1858 by Evgeny Alekseevich Pirgov using funds from V. F. and I. F. Gromov. Pirgov connected the two existing buildings and constructed a carriage house.[1]
In the Late 19th Century, 115 pupils attended the house, which at that time was run by a Mr. A. F. Lipsky. The buildings were transferred into ownership by the railways in 1905 for plans to build a railway station expansion. Demolition did not occur, with the building being converted into a residential building after the October Revolution of 1917. This continued until the Mid 1940s when the House of Culture of Railway Workers opened.[1][3][4]
Demolition
The buildings were demolished in 1996 and is now the Galeria Shopping Mall.[1][5]
Church of St. Nicanor the Apostle
The Church of St. Nicanor the Apostle was built in 1853 by Vladislav Pavlovich Lvov using funds from the House of Charity's benefactors.[6][1][7][2]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Дом призрения малолетних бедных Императорского человеколюбивого общества -Дом культуры железнодорожников, Классицизм, Архитектор Львов В. П., Пиргов Е. А., Лиговский пр., 26". www.citywalls.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2024-12-14. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
- 1 2 Домбровский, Франц Викентьевич (1896). Полный путеводитель по Петербургу и всем его окрестностям: С описанием достопримечат. зданий, сооружений и памятников, пл. имп. и част. театров и прил. пл. столицы с окрестностями. Санкт-Петербург: тип. А. Якобсона насл.
- ↑ "Книга: Ленинград от А до Я". Словари и энциклопедии на Академике (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-08-08.
- ↑ "Книга: Путеводитель по Ленинграду". Словари и энциклопедии на Академике (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-08-08.
- ↑ "Торговый центр "Галерея", Современный, Архитектор АБ Григорьев и партнёры, Лиговский пр., 42". www.citywalls.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2025-05-05. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
- ↑ Mayakovsky, V. V. (1899). "Memorable Book in the St. Petersburg Diocese". www.prlib.ru. Retrieved 2026-08-08.
- ↑ "Письма (1879-1905) (Анненский) — Викитека". ru.wikisource.org (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-08-08.