Moika Embankment, 103
1766-80. Architects S. Chevakinsky and J.-B.
Vallin de la Mothe

The erection of the ensemble is due to the 
development of Petersburg as a shipbuilding 
center on the Baltic Sea. The small island that 
was long back, in Peter's times, called New 
Holland, was formed after the Admiralteisky and 
Kriukov Canals had been dug. In 1732-40 the first 
wooden warehouses for storing timber for 
shipbuilding purposes were built here (architect I. 
Korobov). In 1765 Chevakinsky developed a new 
version of warehouses that was actually 
implemented. The façades and the monumental 
arch over the canal leading into the island's 
interior were designed by Vallin de la Mothe.