43 Maksima Gorkogo St., Saratov, Saratov Oblast, Russia, 410003
Initially, the Azov-Don Bank was located in the Khudobin house on Moskovskaya Street.
In constructing its branches within the Russian Empire, the Azov-Don Bank did not adhere to any narrowly defined approach, allowing freedom locally. The buildings of regional branches in Moscow, Saratov, Astrakhan, Odessa, and Orenburg are not united by a single corporate style. The Azov-Don Bank branch in Saratov, in terms of the compositional scheme of the facade, closely resembles Beketov’s 1897 building in Kharkov, but with a revised stylistic approach (the lavish Neo-Renaissance was replaced by restrained Neoclassicism).
In the 1910s, construction began on a new bank building on Aleksandrovskaya Street (now Gorky Street, 43). The construction was completed in spring 1913.
Newspapers of that time noted that the building, constructed opposite the city theater, was one of the best architectural decorations of the city of Saratov. Its appearance combined elements of Neoclassicism and Art Nouveau styles, with huge two-story windows and modest stucco decorations. The compositional center of the bank branch became the two-story high transaction hall.
In 1925, part of the building was allocated to the House for Trachoma Patients No. 2, and shops were located on the first floor. Later, the Central Savings Bank operated in the building, and now it is a branch of the Savings Bank of the Russian Federation. Opposite it is the Saratov Academic Opera and Ballet Theater.
The building of the commercial Azov-Don Bank still attracts attention today, standing out with its architectural image from the surrounding development.
