Location : Vitebsky Station
Saint Petersburg.
Initially, the section of house No. 24 on Bolshaya Morskaya Street belonged to the bell master who served in the Peter and Paul Cathedral in the time of Peter I.
At the end of the 18th century, house No. 24 was three-story, with gates to its right. In the 1830s, the Luke Dixon bookstore, which was extremely popular among Petersburgers, worked here. A.S. Pushkin visited it. In 1837, a relative of M. Yu. Lermontov, Alexander V. Khvostov, who served in the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, lived in house No. 24.
In 1898, the plot was acquired by St. Petersburg hereditary honorary citizen, the merchant of the 2nd guild Karl Faberge. At that time, Carl Faberge was an appraiser and supplier of the imperial court. In 1899-1900, the building located here was completely rebuilt according to the project of K.K. Schmidt, Faberge’s cousin. The Faberge firm owned house number 24 until 1917. In addition to the trading floor, accounting, a studio of designers and sculptors, a collection of models, and workshops were located here. In the house of Faberge, a unique safe was equipped, which was energized and rose to the second floor at night, but this did not prevent him from being robbed in 1918.
Currently, the jewelry store, which belongs to completely different owners, continues to operate in the house number 24. The trading floor retains the old oak counters.