Information about the building

On the site along Vspolny Lane, previously known as Georgievsky, where house No. 6 with three buildings is now located, there was an extensive estate of Anna Nikolaevna Matyushkina since 1791. It was created on the site of the vacant land of the Garnet Yard. After the fire of 1812, three historical estates were formed here.

One of them was owned by the family of state councilor Lev Fyodorovich Ludogovsky, who lived here from 1836 to 1925. Their wooden house faced the red line of Georgievsky Lane.

To the south of the Ludogovskys' estate was a manor with a wooden Empire-style mansion and outbuildings, which belonged to the Golitsyn family from the late 19th century until 1917.

In 1958, a school building (d. 6 str.1) was constructed, and in 1980, a four-story sports complex was built, leading to the loss of all historical buildings except for d. 6, s. 3.

The site where this structure has survived was located deep within the block and had a narrow passage to Garnet Lane. Its owners included court advisor and staff physician I.A. Kilian, artist and academician of painting I.T. Durnov, as well as state councilor I.P. Khomutov.

The two-story house with an upper wooden floor and two symmetrical side wings was built in the mid-1830s and became the basis for the modern building No. 3. In the 1860s-1870s, additional volumes were added to it, and in 1887, a separate stone building was erected, which was raised to three floors in 1913. The building was connected to the old structure by a two-story addition with a passage below. The structure of the building that had formed by 1915 has survived to this day.

The facades of the building are adorned with an abundance of decor. The windows of the second floor are framed with architraves with consoles and complexly profiled lintels with floral ornaments and masks. The main door is framed by smooth pilasters, and the window above it, by fluted pilasters with Corinthian capitals. The wall space between the cornice and the profiled beam above the second-floor windows is decorated with medallions featuring female heads and garlands.

From 1899 to 1908, the second floor of the house was occupied by Sergey Apollonovich Skirmunt. After inheriting wealth, he actively engaged in publishing and charitable activities, supporting progressive societies and organizations. His home often hosted well-known writers and artists.

Skirmunt was friends with A.M. Gorky, which influenced his political views. In 1905, he published the illegal newspaper "Borba," for which he was arrested. Together with V.A. Krandievsky, he founded the publishing house "Trud." In 1907, sentenced to imprisonment, Skirmunt left for abroad and returned to Russia only in 1926. In his last years, he worked in the People's Commissariat of Labor and other organizations.

On the first floor of the house lived the Krandievsky family. V.A. Krandievsky published "Bulletins of Literature and Life," and his wife and daughters were also prominent cultural figures.

After Skirmunt's departure, the building housed the office of the glass factories of the Kosyrev brothers, while the other premises were used for housing.

In 1925, the house was transferred to a housing cooperative, and more than 50 people lived here. Despite the changes, the internal layout of the house has been preserved. In 1992-93, restoration was carried out. Today, the house houses a private kindergarten.