Neoclassical-style apartment house with stores a corner of Elizabetes Street and Krišjāņa Barona Street in central Riga, Latvia. April 2, 2022
The former Latvian Craftsmen's Aid Society Savings and Loan House was built in 1911, according to the project of architect Jānis Alksnis. In the 1920s, 1930s, the house was home to the second President of the Republic of Latvia Gustavs Zemgals (*1871-†1939). From 1919 to 1923, the end of his life, the house was the home of Krišjānis Barons, the compiler of Latvian folk songs (he was staying in the apartment of his son, Dr. med. Kārlis Barons; in 1985 the Krišjānis Barons Memorial Museum was opened there).
Neoclassical-style apartment house with stores a corner of Elizabetes Street and Krišjāņa Barona Street in central Riga, Latvia. April 2, 2022
The former Latvian Craftsmen's Aid Society Savings and Loan House was built in 1911, according to the project of architect Jānis Alksnis. In the 1920s, 1930s, the house was home to the second President of the Republic of Latvia Gustavs Zemgals (*1871-†1939). From 1919 to 1923, the end of his life, the house was the home of Krišjānis Barons, the compiler of Latvian folk songs (he was staying in the apartment of his son, Dr. med. Kārlis Barons; in 1985 the Krišjānis Barons Memorial Museum was opened there).