“Corner house” ( Latvian: Stūra māja ) - a house in Riga on the corner of Brivibas and Stabu streets.
| Sight | |
| Corner house | |
|---|---|
| Latvian. Stūra māja | |
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| A country | |
| Location | Riga , Brivibas street , 61 |
| Architectural style | modern |
| Architect | Alexander Vanag |
| Established | |
| Status |  Monument of Culture , No. 8684 |
| Site | sturamaja.lv |
Built in 1912 as a tenement house with shops, designed by architect Alexander Vanag [2] . The building was originally called Tetera nams . Part of the first floor of the Corner House, two courtyards, gates and basements of the building have the status of a historical object of national importance [3] .
In Soviet times, from the autumn of 1940, the building was the State Security Committee of the Latvian SSR . From 1991 to 2008, the State Police of Latvia was in the Corner House; from 2008, the house was not used. In 2016, major repairs were carried out and a branch of the Museum of Occupation was opened.
In June 2003, a memorial plate by the sculptor Gleb Panteleev was installed at the entrance to the building [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Latvijas Vēstnesis - 1993.
- ↑ Krastins JA. Art Nouveau style in the architecture of Riga. - M .: Stroyizdat, 1988.
- ↑ “Corner House” - a cultural monument (inaccessible link) HOUR, 02/12/2009
- ↑ Ojārs Spārītis. Rīgas pieminekļi un dekoratīvā tēlnieciba. SIA Nacionālais apgāds, 2001 ISBN 9984-26-024-0
Links
- H. Celmiņa KĀ PLIKA PA NĀTRĀM
- "Stūra mājas" čekas pagrabi visu pamesti
- Evening in the "corner house", or the building of the KGB DELFI October 28, 2012