The Weiss Pharmacy building in Borisoglebsk is located in the western part of Soviet Street and was built in the late 19th century. The main house, which housed the pharmacy on the first floor and residential rooms on the second, faces south towards the street. The courtyard is bordered on the north side by the laboratory and warehouse buildings, which were later connected by an extension. In the early 20th century, a pharmacy with "free sale of medicines" and a drug warehouse operated here, which the district purchased from the pharmacist R.K. Weiss. For the underprivileged, medicines were sold at a discount of 20 to 40%, and the first manager was R.E. Norwald. The main house, two stories with a semi-basement, is made of facing brick. The building has a rectangular shape, with two risalits of staircases added on the courtyard side, located in the center of the facade and on the eastern side. To this day, two balconies on the main and western facades have been lost. The decorative design of the facades is done in the North German brick style, with a corbel table separating the floors. Window sills wrap around the building from the south, west, and east. The one-axis sections flanking the main facade are highlighted by rustication. The windows are rectangular, in rusticated frames, with straight lintels on the second floor of the main facade. The piers of the first floor are also rusticated. The staircase windows on the northern facade are large, with gentle arching lintels. Above the main entrance, a metal gable canopy on ornate brackets with an ornate tympanum has been preserved. The design of the brackets and the pediment features spirals and the owner's monogram. The balconies also rested on such brackets. Inside the building, a solid wall separates the public and trading halls from the service and residential areas, while transverse walls limit the staircases in the eastern and central parts of the building. The semi-basement has reinforced concrete wavy ceilings. The second floor housed residential rooms. The laboratory building, constructed in 1914, has a rectangular shape and brick construction with a decorative mansard roof, positioned perpendicular to the main house. The decorative finish is concise, with the southern entrance part of the western facade highlighted by pilasters that transition into an arch. The building is surrounded by a frieze with square panels, except for the entrance part. The windows are large and rectangular. The internal space is divided into three groups of rooms: entrance, production halls, and rooms. The warehouse building, two stories, brick, with a mansard roof, is located parallel to the pharmacy. The walls of the second floor use a half-timbered system with wooden load-bearing beams and brickwork. The openings are rectangular, and a ladder leads to the second floor. Inside, the first floor contains storage rooms, while the second floor is a single space.
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