Tuesday 16 May 2017

To The Mansion. N. Galloway 
Mansion wife of a famous Krasnoyarsk merchant was intended for ceremonial receptions.

The mansion Vera Nikolaevna Galloway in Krasnoyarsk is a monument of architecture of the early twentieth century, the structure and decorative design combines modern techniques and motifs of the Renaissance and Baroque. The building is located on the street of the Paris Commune, 20. Currently it hosts the Krasnoyarsk art Museum. V. I. Surikov.

In building a house architect for the project. A. Sokolovsky and with the participation of the sculptor Popov started in 1909, the House was built for Vera Nikolaevna Galloway, wife of major Krasnoyarsk merchant and philanthropist Peter Ivanovich Gadalova, and was intended for ceremonial receptions.

The building is interesting layout: it is symmetrical relative to the diagonal axis. This symmetry is emphasized scaly externally, a high octagonal dome. The Central corridor linking all the rooms inside the mansion, crossed through the Suite lobby groups and the Suite living rooms. Both suites include an octagonal room with a lot of niches earlier, apparently, has the function of hiding places for relaxing with sofas and tea tables. Under the North wing of the house is the basement. From the East it adjoins the annexe of a former greenhouse. Her floor is Now lower than in the rest of the building, there is an exhibition of works by V. I. Surikov. Walls of the building decorated with columns and reliefs. Well preserved elements of the interior and the corner of the lobby


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