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A. B. Edzhubov's Mansion

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After the fire, the block formed by Vspolny Lane and Sadovaya Street was developed with stone houses, whose owners were required to create "a garden, beautifully fenced, by the house." This gave the name to Sadovaya Street. In the second half of the 19th century, two- and three-story stone mansions began to be built here, closely adjacent to each other. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the properties along Georgievsky Lane were developed with urban estates and apartment buildings featuring facades in the style of Art Nouveau and Neoclassicism, designed by renowned Moscow architects: F. Shekhtel, A. Erikhson, R. Klein, G. Gelrich.

The property at 3 Georgievsky Lane is first mentioned in the mid-18th century when it was acquired by A. A. Protopopova. Her family owned the plot until 1815. After the fire of 1812, the restoration of the damaged buildings was undertaken by the new owner, collegiate assessor Princess Maria Ivanovna Obolenskaya. At that time, a stone main house of the estate and a wooden wing were located along the red line of the lane. By the end of the 1830s, the estate was divided into parts, and the current property at 3 became a separate plot. Its development, owned by Colonel E. A. Okulova, included an Empire-style wooden mansion and outbuildings.

In 1898, Arshak Bogdanovich Edzhubov, a hereditary honorary citizen and temporary Moscow merchant, built a wooden house with a mezzanine, stone basement, and an extension from the courtyard on the site of the old house. The project was designed by architect R. I. Klein, but during implementation, the project was simplified in terms of decoration. Four window openings are adorned with architraves, cornices, and panels, while the spaces between the windows are plastered to resemble rustication. The entrance is decorated with a metal canopy. The interior layout of the mansion included a suite of three grand rooms along the lane, as well as an office and dining room along the courtyard facade.

In 1901, the new owner K. A. Protopopov added a second stone floor to the courtyard volume and built a three-story stone residential building along the northern boundary according to the design of architect M. M. Cherkasov in an eclectic style. The last owner, Tamara Nikolaevna Andreevskaya, wife of provincial secretary E. K. Andreevsky, rented the mansion to the widow of Major General N. I. Kamenskaya. Nadezhda Innokentyevna rented an apartment in the main house and occupied the former laundry room on the third floor of the courtyard house. As a member of the Moscow Automobile Society, she used the wooden structure in the courtyard as a garage. After the revolution, her fate is unknown, while the Andreevskys emigrated to Serbia, then to Belgium and France, where they found their final resting place.

The property retained the layout established by the last owners until the 1970s, when the wooden service buildings were dismantled, and the stone extension was raised by another floor. During the Soviet era, communal apartments were located here. Although the original interior layout was altered, the central part of the mansion preserved a grand hall with stucco decor. In recent years, various institutions have been located here, and today it houses a music school.

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Особняк А. Б. Эджубова

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