The western wing of the Karabanov city estate, located to the right when viewed from the street, allows us to imagine what the entire complex looked like in the past. Unfortunately, the similar left wing, which was symmetrically located relative to the main building, was lost in the 1960s.
This wing is a cultural heritage site of federal significance and is part of the estate complex "House with Two Wings and Gates," built in the late 18th century according to the design of M.F. Kazakov.
Currently, a pharmacy is located on the first floor of the building.
The main building is connected to the wing by an arch. The street facade of the wing is executed in the style of "orderless" classicism and is devoid of decoration. It is crowned with a triangular pediment featuring a large semicircular window. The wing has preserved a classic white stone cornice and niches around the windows on the rear facade.
Researchers believe that the chambers on German (now Baumanskaya) street were built no later than the 1770s by the manufacturer and merchant A. Navrozev. However, it is known for certain that since 1790, the owner was Brigadier Fedor Karabanov, Vice-Governor of the Pskov Province, who later held a similar position in the Tver Province. Since 1799, his son, Major Pavel Karabanov, a well-known collector of antiquities, lived here and later donated his entire collection to the state. They conducted the first significant reconstruction of the estate, transforming the one-story stone chambers with one-story wings and a garden on the side of the western wing into a more complex structure. Under the Karabanovs, the wings were raised with wooden second floors, and a passage arch was added.
In the early 19th century, the house passed into the possession of the family of Ural factory owner Ivan Yakovlev-Sobakin. Shortly before the Patriotic War of 1812, the estate was acquired by Moscow merchant of the first guild I.A. Shelaputin. During the fire of 1812, the estate suffered significant damage, but three years later it was restored and decorated with stucco reliefs. The surviving wing was raised with a stone second floor.
The last owner of the estate in 1892 was Captain Nikolai Zankovsky, owner of the "ENZE" company, which produced photographic plates. After him, the main building and wings housed the City Free Library named after A.S. Pushkin. It is possible that the library's storage was located in the wing.
During the Soviet era, the estate was used by various institutions, remained in a deplorable state for a long time, and needed restoration.
Restoration was carried out in 1999 according to the project by T.F. Averina (LLC "DiAR").
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