The building of Uglich City Duma or City Council was built in the
Classical architectural style in 1813- 15. For more than 100 years
it housed the whole administration of Uglich including Uglich
Police, City Government, City Council, Guild Council, court, bank,
archive room, a hall for public meetings and parish and district
school. Uglich City Council stands on the South- Eastern part of
Uglich Kremlin on the slope of the medieval moat that used to defend
historic part of the town and natural Kameny Brook. It is a two
story simple, but elegant building with two distinct symmetrical
facades, decorated with six columns that support portico of the
Tuscan order. The best view of Uglich City Council is from
Filippovsky bridge.
Above the slope of the old moat in the
southeastern part of the Kremlin stands an imposing ceremonial
building, decorated with a six-column portico. This is the former
building of the City offices, built in 1813-1815, which was the seat
of the city administration for over a hundred years. It housed the
City Duma, the City Magistrate (later the City Government), the
Guild Council, the court, the bank, archives, the district and
parish schools, a hall for public meetings, etc. It has two floors,
a clear symmetrical facade, and is crowned with a mezzanine in the
center. The lower side parts are treated with rustication, and the
raised central part is with the mentioned portico of the Tuscan
order. A simple four-pitched roof rises from above. Coming closer,
we notice some inconsistency in the parts, even some roughness,
typical of provincial architecture. The facade seems to blur, it
loses its charm. But it is worth moving further, especially from the
square, Filippovsky Bridge, and the building takes on the appearance
of a noble refined palace, rising above the picturesque bends of the
Kamenny Brook channel. This is an interesting effect. But it is also
interesting that the building has two main facades - one, as
mentioned, overlooks the city square, and the second, completely
identical, to the Kremlin. There he is well perceived against the
backdrop of the greenery of the park and the large facade of the
Epiphany Cathedral. On this side, the main entrance, formerly
processed by a small four-column portico, echoing the large one
raised above. Inside, many elements of the austere and ascetic
government building of the Alexander era have been preserved. Rooms
with empty walls and modest stucco cornices, vaulted rooms with
trellises and wrought-iron doors for storing valuables. The former
public Red Hall, in which the Duma sat and Soviet power in Uglich
was proclaimed, became the Musical Lounge, where concerts are held.
The building houses the departments of the museum.