Formed 1833, own building at 16 Novo-Isaakievskaya Ulitsa in 1840. Closed 1939 by order of the Lensovet Presidium and handed to the Public Library system. Today the building at 16 Yakubovicha Ulitsa (the current name for the street) houses the MVD Passport Office No. 1 for the Admiralteiskiy district.