Rosenstein house, Gothic revival building at Lev Tolstoy Square, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
The Rosenstein House is a five-story Gothic revival structure on Lev Tolstoy Square in Saint Petersburg featuring two distinctive hexagonal corner towers. Its facade displays varying window shapes and sizes across each level, creating a complex visual composition along Kamennoostrovsky Avenue.
A wooden house with garden originally occupied this site before construction of the current stone structure between 1913 and 1915. This transformation reflected the area's shift from residential gardens to denser urban development during the early Soviet era.
The building served as home to several noted cultural figures in the early 1900s, including architect Belogrud, writer Leonid Andreev, and singer Alexander Davydov. Their presence gave the residence a special standing in Saint Petersburg's artistic circles that it still holds today.
The ground floor now houses the Andrei Mironov Russian Theater Company and is easily reached from Petrogradskaya metro station. The building's location on a major avenue makes it accessible on foot, and public transport connections simplify getting there.
The architects deliberately misaligned windows on the third and fifth floors facing Lev Tolstoy Street. This intentional offset creates an unusual visual rhythm that makes the facade more dynamic and memorable than typical period buildings.
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