The income house of Ida Amalia Lidval in St. Petersburg is one of the rare architectural monuments executed in the style of Northern Modernism. The building was designed by Fyodor Ivanovich Lidval, the son of the first owner and a well-known Russo-Swedish architect, an academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts. Ida Amalia herself initiated the construction.

The house attracts attention not so much for its history as for its appearance in the style of Northern Modernism, which emerged at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. This style was particularly popular in Sweden, Norway, and Finland, which was part of the Russian Empire. In St. Petersburg, Northern Modernism did not gain wide popularity, but it still left its mark.

Construction of the Lidval house began in 1899, and it was only in 1904 that it became habitable. The building was erected on the site of an old mansion built in the mid-19th century. Initially, it belonged to a physician of German descent, Braun, then to Johann Andreas Kumberg, and partially to entrepreneur Finkel. In the second half of the 19th century, a complex of four non-residential buildings was constructed on this site, where Kumberg's lamp and bronze factories were located for some time.

At the end of the 19th century, the property was sold to Yakov Petrovich Koks, and then the combined plot was acquired by Ida Lidval. Thanks to her efforts, a five-story building in the shape of the letter 'P' was constructed, the facade of which is adorned with ornaments in the style of Northern Modernism. The decorative balconies are partially executed in this style and partially in Neoclassicism.

After the construction was completed, one wing was left for the owner's family to live in, while the rest was rented out. The interior features mosaic or parquet floors, Dutch or Russian stoves. Some apartments had oak ceilings and walls, and each building had rooms for porters. The house was considered prestigious, and notable figures such as General-Adjutant Kuropatkin, artist Petrov-Vodkin, architect Vaitens, and others lived there.