Historical and cultural value of the yard wing of a revenue house in the historical center of Saint Petersburg

Abstract

The basis of the work is the results of the historical and cultural research of inner-block buildings, including residential multistorey ones in Saint Petersburg. The author studied the history of the inner-block building at 23b Egorova Street, letter A, located in the projection of Ustinov house at 18 Izmailovsky Prospekt, that had been built as a revenue house and rented out in the early 20 century. The author also analyzed reconstructions, extensions, transformations of the building and its annexes in order to determine its historical and cultural significance and other valuable parameters. The analysis made it possible to establish the initial function of the building and to study its planning solutions typical for revenue houses of the period under consideration. According to the results, the building at 23b Egorova Street, letter A, has no memorial, historical, town-planning and architectural value, therefore, it cannot be classified as a historical building. Such studies are important both for the preservation of true cultural values and for changing the architectural appearance of the city for its future development.