The three-story stone building with a basement, executed in "brick style," is a vivid example of industrial architecture from the late 19th century. It is located on Sadovnichesky Street and was built in 1888-1889 by architect N.A. Voskresensky at the request of the famous entrepreneur Pyotr Arsenyevich Smirnov. The building served as the main production facility for the "Society of the Vodka Factory, Wine, Spirit, and Russian and Foreign Grape Wine P.A. Smirnov."
The architect designed the facades by combining high rusticated pilasters and window openings, while the cornice was adorned with intricate brick decor. The main volume of the building with production halls was organized around the framework of the outer walls and two rows of columns. The basement featured a system of ceilings with sail vaults, while the other ceilings were made of vaulted ribbed brick vaults and flat ceilings. Stairs and auxiliary rooms were located in the eastern and southern extensions.
Until the end of the 19th century, the building was used for production, then it was rented for supply warehouses. During the Soviet era, it housed "Vintorg." In the early 1940s, the building became the administrative and production facility of the champagne factory. Subsequently, it housed workshops, advertising departments, and tasting rooms, while the third floor was allocated for offices.
The historical appearance of the facades has undergone changes: brick columns and chimneys were dismantled, attic windows were lost, and the basement windows were bricked up. New door and window openings appeared on the facades, and part of the cornice was lost.
Inside the building, the original layout has been preserved, although altered by later partitions. Elements of decoration from the 1930s-1940s remain in the interiors. The restoration included the revival of the architectural appearance of the building, dismantling of late extensions, restoration of windows and doors, as well as cleaning of brickwork. The roof was replaced, drainage systems and the roof parapet were restored. The entrances were adorned with wrought iron canopies, and the doors and windows were restored based on archival data with consideration of modern technologies.
The interiors retained the structure of the building from 1888-1889, the vaults in the basement were restored, and late partitions and suspended ceilings were removed. The walls were cleaned of later materials. In 2015, the building became a laureate of the "Moscow Restoration" competition for scientific and methodological guidance during the work.
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