Mokhovaya St., 14, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191187
The five-story residential building of Olga Liebich was built in 1905 by architect Lidval. The neutral facade of the building features evenly distributed windows. The facade composition is asymmetrical – a bay window on the right, a risalit on the left. The decoration of the building is achieved through the choice of materials – dark gray rusticated granite on the first floor, pink-gray plaster, and a few light decorative details.
The plot of house 14 belonged in the 1740s to choir master Ilya Tomilov, who was a singing teacher to Anna Leopoldovna. The plot contained a choir building and peasant huts. In February 1781, naval captain Danila Grigorievich Volkov sold the plot, and in the summer of 1781, the plot was acquired by collegiate assessor of the Medical College Yuri Danilovich Gamen. In 1789, the yard passed from Gamen to the wife of the state councilor Legkoy, during whose time a stone house was built. Later, it was owned by merchant Bolonin. From 1825, it belonged to merchant Fedorov. In 1858, the plot was purchased by watchmaker Heide. The two-story house was rebuilt and repaired several times.
In 1886, the plot was acquired by Olga Ivanovna Liebich, wife of a medical doctor; the house belonged to her and her heirs until 1916. In 1898, architect Gekker built a four-story rear wing.
The five-story front house, replacing the old one, was built in 1905 by architect Lidval.
The building’s finish uses gray granite and plaster. The facade is accented by a rounded bay window. In the left courtyard wing, architect Niedermeyer lived in the 1910s.
In 1916, the heirs of Dr. Liebich sold the house to commercial councilor Wurgaft.
Olga Ivanovna Liebich, widow of a state councilor, resides at Zakharievskaya, 8. This house is her only property. The sketches of stoves, made by Lidval, are from the advertising catalog of Wilhelm Andsten’s factory in Helsingfors.
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