Income House of A. N. Shtalman / Musinykh-Pushkins

The income house in the Northern Modern style was built by civil engineer Iosif Yulianovich Moshinsky in 1906–1907 at the request of the widow of Lieutenant General Anna Nikolaevna Shtalman. The project and construction of the house cost its owner 170 thousand rubles, but it is worth noting that Anna Nikolaevna was once married to no less a person of the northern capital — the Russian military engineer, participant in the Crimean War, holder of many awards, Lieutenant General Nikolai Kornilovich Shtalman, from hereditary nobility. Their only son Sergey was the godson of Emperor Alexander II.

The rooms with windows facing Zagorodny Prospect were allocated as separate apartments for wealthy people; those on the side of Bolshoy Kazachy Lane were furnished rooms for rent, and peasants rented the basements. This house can safely be considered an architectural gem of the prospect, with window frames of various shapes, the lightness of wrought iron balcony railings, plant garlands, owls, mascarons, original decoration of the portal above the entrance door — helmets with feather crests, swords with lion head-shaped hilts, laurel branches.

After the revolution, there were no separate apartments left; everything turned into communal apartments. They existed during Soviet times and still exist now. In 1910, the property was purchased by Alexander Alekseevich Musin-Pushkin.

Owls and "sad ladies with grassy hairstyles," as poet Shefner noted in the poem "Petersburg Modern," hide on the facade of this house.

Until the 1980s, the building was adorned with an elegant turret. It was damaged in a fire and dismantled. The Modern style is also indicated by the diverse window frames and unusually designed corner portal.

The first residents of the house were military personnel, clerks, teachers, doctors, musicians, the architect of the house himself, and even a descendant of the famous English admiral Francis Drake — Major General L.L. Drake, a holder of all Russian orders. Merchant F.I. Porshnev, who owned several brick factories and houses in Petersburg, also rented an apartment here. Bricks stamped with "Porshnev," "Pello," and "F.I.P." can still be found in the ruins of old houses in Petersburg and its surroundings.

Sources:

https://oli-da.livejournal.com/2195677.html

https://www.citywalls.ru/house4444.html

https://dzen.ru/a/ZBl2hz34S2UC5GwD