The former building of the Georg Landrin chocolate factory at 9 Rimsky-Korsakov Avenue in St. Petersburg has been designated a regional landmark.
It was built between 1876 and 1878 according to the designs of architect August Poirot, using eclectic techniques and neo-Gothic motifs. The building's base is clad in limestone and gray, veined marble, while the exterior façade is plastered and rusticated, alternating smooth and textured plaster.
Georg Landrin (Fyodor Matveyevich Landrin), according to some sources, began working as a clerk at the Wolf and Beranger confectionery shop. In 1848, he then opened his own confectionery business, which later became a successful enterprise manufacturing and selling candy canes (Montpensier).
The confectionery factory remained in the building until the 1990s.
Based on materials from the Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg.