Kaluga, Academician Korolev Street, Building 6

Cultural heritage site of federal significance “Residential (wooden) house”, 19th century

Description:
A one-story wooden building with a mezzanine is located in the ravine part of the city, not far from the Yachenka River. A typical example of a wooden house of the “Chalet” type for the early 20th century. Perhaps, one of the albums of model projects was used during construction. The described wooden residential house is a monument of Art Nouveau architecture and a remarkable example of the work of Kaluga architect Vasily Dmitrievich Vinogradov. There are not many buildings in the Art Nouveau style in Kaluga. In fact, at the moment, the residential building located at 6 Korolev Street is almost the only building that combines elements of both traditional Russian wooden architecture and expressive elements of the Art Nouveau style. The current property No. 6 belonged to private Alexey Pankratov in the second half of the 19th century. There was a small wooden house here that had completely fallen into disrepair by the end of the century (in 1892, due to its dilapidation, the building was not subject to property tax). The address of the property at that time was: Part 1, Block 4, No. 98. The original volume of the existing building was built in the early 1900s (before 1905). The developer was noblewoman Evgenia Alekseyevna Dedereva. The author of the project was Vasily Dmitrievich Vinogradov (1878 – 1921).
Vasily Dmitrievich Vinogradov was a prominent representative of the innovative for that time “modern” style. There are many buildings in Kaluga based on his projects, but the most famous object by Vasily Dmitrievich Vinogradov is the “Rakov House” at the intersection of Kirov Street and Lenin Street. The estimated value of the new building, located at 1st part, 4th quarter, No. 98, in 1905 and 1909 was 1,296 rubles. Upon completion of construction, apparently since 1903, E.A. Dedereva handed over the building to the Kaluga provincial department of the guardianship of Empress Maria Feodorovna for the deaf. The building housed a school for visiting deaf-mute girls.
Soon after the 1917 revolution, the building was municipalized; in the 1920s, it continued to house a school for the deaf and dumb; later, including in the post-war period, it housed a kindergarten (now MBDOU No. 53 “Iskorka” of Kaluga (NSP “Karamelka”).

Completed work:
– facade renovation. (2021)