In 1913, architect I. German built an impressive income house in neoclassical style at the corner of Pokrovsky Boulevard and Bolshoy Trekhsvyatitelsky Lane for Yulia Timofeevna Krestovnikova, daughter of Maria Fedorovna Morozova and Timofey Savvich Morozov.
The facade of the building with a grand portico faces the lane, while the boulevard is adorned with a less ceremonial end facade and a richly decorated cut corner of the house. This corner features a massive balcony on the third floor, Corinthian columns, and stucco panels. In the design of the facades of this neoclassical building, the architect's desire to give the house a highly representative appearance, suitable for apartments for wealthy residents, is evident. Interestingly, some decorative elements resonate with the design of the Durasov house located opposite.
On the site of part of the house on Bolshoy Trekhsvyatitelsky Lane, there was previously a well-known lodging house called "lyapinka" in the late 19th century, named after its owners, merchants M. and N. Lyapin. It is believed that part of it was incorporated into the income house. The lodging house was free and served as a shelter almost exclusively for the poor, who gathered under the long awning long before it opened. This scene is depicted in V. E. Makovsky's painting "Lodging House," in which, presumably, the artist A. K. Savrasov, known for his inclination towards alcohol, is portrayed in the foreground. It is believed that he died in this lodging house. In December 1881, L. N. Tolstoy visited the Lyapin house. "Having ascended the hill," he wrote, "we approached the large corner house. Most of the people walking with me stopped at this house. All along the sidewalk of this house stood and sat on the sidewalk and snow all the same people." Impressed by what he saw, Tolstoy wrote his famous article "What Then Must We Do?" in which he sharply raised the issue of poverty in Moscow.
Yulia Timofeevna, who lived directly opposite the lodging house, fought for many years against this "sore" in the lane, where almost all the houses belonged to the Morozov family. Overall, Bolshoy Trekhsvyatitelsky Lane could boldly be renamed Morozovsky.
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