The one-story brick church of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, featuring a single dome, was founded in 1683 and completed by 1703 on the grounds of the Transfiguration Convent. The consecration took place on December 6, 1713. A decree from the Vyatka Archbishop Jonah, outlining the dimensions and design of the church, was received on March 22, 1683. The construction was prolonged and completed thanks to donations from people of various classes, collected by I.I. Naryshkin. Changes were made to the project during the church's construction.
In 1930, the dome was replaced with a smaller one. Research conducted in 1955 by architect F.M. Toltsiner revealed that the church originally had a flat wooden ceiling.
The church includes an elongated refectory, the main part, and a triple apse with windows in each semicircle. The window openings have box lintels without framing, and the corners of the refectory are adorned with smooth pilasters. A frieze of the refectory and apse features bands of edging and teeth. Semi-columns with cubical capitals are located at the junctions of the apse's circles. The main part of the church is twice as high as the refectory, with walls divided by smooth pilasters into three sections, each with windows. A frieze with a belt of square niches and a double belt of teeth supports a tier of three decorative zakomars. The church is covered with a four-pitched wooden roof and topped with an onion dome, covered with wooden shingles.
In 1765, the convent was abolished, and the church became a parish church. In 1930, the building ceased to be used for worship. Until 1941, it was occupied by various organizations, including the Solikamsk branch of the interdistrict trade organization, which used it as a garage. During World War II, a tank school was located here. From 1944 to 1956, the building was rented by the Solikamsk Gorpromkombinat for the production of pima. From 1956 to 1966, it was used as a furniture workshop. From 1966 to 1984, it housed the printing house of the AM-244 UOOP management, and since 1984, it has been the Solikamsk interdistrict branch of the film rental office and a storage for the educational film library.
In 1952-1958 and 1963-1964, PSNRPM conducted restoration work under the guidance of F.M. Toltsiner, including the dismantling of a later chapel, lowering the roof of the apse, and recreating the shingle-covered dome.
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