108 Lāčplēša Street

108 Lāčplēša Street. -  In 1866 the Magistrate of Riga presented a plot of land on Romanov Street (now Lačplēša street) to the Charitable Society for the Protection of the Russian Impoverished. In 1868 a shelter and a school were built there. In 1875 the building of the Alexander College was constructed on this very plot. In 1894 the Church of our Lady was erected. The functions of these establishments were interrupted by the First World War and revolution. In 1922 the Charitable Society resumed its work. In the same year the work of the Government Russian Secondary School (High School) began in the premises of the former Maria’s Shelter. In 1923 classes of trade and commerce began in the building of the former Alexander College. In the 1960’s all of the above-mentioned buildings, including the church, were demolished.