The estate at this location has been known since 1834, when an Empire-style house with a four-column portico was built after a fire. It belonged to Captain D.P. Gorikhvostov of the Guard.
In 1878, Maria Fedorovna Morozova purchased the estate for her daughter Yulia Timofeevna, who was marrying Grigory Alexandrovich Krestovnikov. Grigory Alexandrovich came from an old merchant family that had been part of the Moscow merchant community since 1826. They owned a spinning factory near the Lobnya station in the Moscow region and a stearin and soap factory in Kazan, where glycerin was also produced. Grigory graduated from the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics at Moscow University, specializing in organic chemistry. After his studies, he worked at the family factory in Kazan and in the management of the Moscow-Kursk Railway. By the end of the 19th century, he became the chairman of the family firm. Besides commerce, Grigory was an active public figure, holding positions as Chairman of the Moscow Stock Exchange Committee and a member of the State Council for Trade and Industry.
Yulia Timofeevna came from the younger branch of the Morozov textile family. Her father, Timofey Savvich Morozov, was the owner and chairman of the Nikolskaya Manufactory, and her mother, Maria Fedorovna Simonova, was a cousin of merchant Kozma Terentyevich Soldatenkov. The young couple's parents were great friends and partners. Even on their honeymoon, they traveled with a large family company.
Architect P.A. Drittenpreis remodeled the mansion for the young family. The portico disappeared, replaced by a small attic with an oval window and a broken pediment. The grand enfilade along the boulevard was adorned with tall oval windows. The side facades were decorated with asymmetric risalits with pilasters. The right risalit was two stories with a semicircular pediment, while the left was one story. A large garden and service buildings adjoined the estate of the mother. Later, when the family grew, another wing was added on the right, perpendicular to the main building.
Yulia Timofeevna was actively involved in charity work. In memory of her father, with funds bequeathed by her mother in 1912, she built the "Labor Exchange in Memory of Timofey Savvich Morozov" near Kalanchovskaya Square. She was a member of the Board of Trustees for the Poor of Khitrov Market. During World War I, she opened and maintained a hospital on the grounds of her estate.
Yulia Timofeevna and Grigory Alexandrovich had six children. In the early 20th century, Yulia Timofeevna began to suffer from leg ailments and could only move in a wheelchair, so ramps replaced the stairs in the house.
Grigory Alexandrovich died in 1918, and Yulia Timofeevna was evicted from the house, passing away at her dacha in Tsaritsyno in 1920.
Recently, the main house, designed in the Stalinist Empire style, housed the Prosecutor's Office, but now it appears abandoned. The right part of the building accommodates the Department of State Statistics in the Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow.
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