Small Gostiny Dvor, Kungur, Regional cultural heritage building in Kungur, Russia
The Small Gostiny Dvor is a stone shop building erected in 1874 opposite the Gostiny Dvor in Kungur. Its eclectic, historicist architecture combines Old Russian and Eastern motifs. Paired columns flank the entrances, above which metal canopies were installed. The building now houses the Museum of Merchant History.
The stone shop building was erected in 1874 by Kungur's city head, First Guild merchant Mikhail Ivanovich Gribushin, at his own expense; its stone shops were consecrated on 12 November 1874. It was first called the "Gribushinsky Corps" and stood opposite the Gostiny Dvor. Its shops were rented out and traded in tea, sugar and groceries.
The building is known as the Gribushinsky Corps, after the First Guild merchant Mikhail Gribushin, who financed it. Its stone shops were rented out and traded in tea, sugar and groceries. Since 1874 the premises have housed the Museum of Merchant History, devoted to Kungur's merchantry.
The trading house is situated at Cathedral Square and can be viewed from the outside. The best time to explore it is during daylight hours.
The building was paid for personally by Mayor Mikhail Gribushin, a First Guild merchant, and was first known as the "Gribushinsky Corps"; its stone shops were consecrated on 12 November 1874. Above the paired columns at the entrances, metal canopies were fitted.
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