sentences:  The Orphanage is believed to be Moscow's first neoclassical building, and is surely the earliest "extant" example of the style, retaining most of original exterior.The Orphanage earned him a reputation of a manager who could handle the largest projects of his time; at the same time its austere looks scared off the customers.Soon after acquiring the Kremlin Senate commission in 1775, Blank was stripped of the job (the Senate was redesigned and completed by Matvey Kazakov); his third large work for the state, Catherine's Institute in Meshchansky District of Moscow, burnt down in 1812.