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Income House of A. Sinitsin

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The income house was built in 1909 according to the project of architect Sergey Mikhailovich Goncharov for merchant Sinitsin. Sinitsin, who started as a wool trader, later became the director of the board of the joint-stock company Shchelkovo Manufactory "Alexander Sinitsin and Sons," owning a large textile factory in Shchelkovo.

The construction of the house faced difficulties. The initial project for Sinitsin was proposed by architect Pyotr Pavlovich Shchekotov in 1904, but it was never realized. Sergey Goncharov presented his project in 1908, which was approved in March of the same year, after which the main house of the old estate was demolished. However, construction proceeded with violations of technology, leading to the collapse of several concrete vaults.

In August 1908, the construction was inspected by a commission from the City Administration, which included district architect V. N. Osnovsky and specialist in "brick" style M. K. Gepener. The commission recommended replacing the collapsed vaults of the first floor with flat reinforced concrete ceilings with metal beams and reinforcement mesh, leaving wooden ceilings on the upper floors. Despite the difficulties, the house was built in less than a year and completed by the end of March 1909.

Architect Sergey Goncharov, from the noble Goncharov family and a distant nephew of Pushkin's wife Natalia, was fascinated by Gothic architecture. He built several buildings in Moscow in the pseudo-Gothic style, including income houses on Sadovaya-Karetna and Pyatnitskaya streets and a mansion on Bolshaya Polyanka. In the same style, he built the Trinity Church in Shchelkovo at Sinitsin's request.

The house on Blagoveshchensky Lane combines Gothic and Art Nouveau elements. Gothic features include the vertical composition of the building, a turret with a spire, a pointed gable, a belt of pointed elements, and an abundance of vertical pilasters. Art Nouveau manifests in asymmetry, ceramic tiles, painted tile panels, elegant balcony grilles, and characteristic doors and gates restored during renovations.

The income house served three functions: the owner's residence, his office, and rented apartments. The first floor housed the offices of the joint-stock company, while Sinitsin's apartment occupied the fifth floor. After the revolution, the house remained residential, and a film studio "Kino-Moscow" directed by Alexander Razumny operated on the first two floors. Later, the film studio premises were converted into a kindergarten.

In 1970-72, residents were evicted, a major renovation was conducted, and the house was transformed into an administrative building, with some facade decor lost. In 2017, the house was included in the list of cultural heritage sites of regional significance and is now used as an office building.

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Доходный дом А. Синицына

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