Literally everything in this house was thought out to the smallest detail, even the lift. The elevator was manufactured at an iron foundry and mechanical factory by the famous Franz San Galli, who produced both decorative trinkets and safes, but became famous as the inventor of the heating radiator. The device was driven by a steam engine installed in the basement, but now it is nothing more than part of the interior. For the sake of testing the mechanism, it is included only once a year There are also elegant openwork lattices, which were designed to let in a lot of sunlight. Cockpit mirror, leather sofa, designer lamp. Now it is almost impossible to get into the building - the security of the bank that rents the premises does not let in, but you can always try to negotiate with the administration.

You can read about other elevators in St. Petersburg at the beginning of the 20th century by clicking on [link] (http://kudago.com/spb/news/neobichnye-lifti/).