The first chapel was built in 1890 with funds from the Glazov bourgeois society. It was erected at the intersection of Nikolskaya and Kruglo-Voznesenskaya streets (now Molodaya Gvardii Street and Pervomayskaya Street). The chapel was built in memory of Alexander II, who visited Glazov in 1837. Alexander II was named after the holy Grand Prince Alexander Yaroslavich (Alexander Nevsky), so the chapel was named the Alexander Nevsky Chapel. The chapel was built opposite the house of the merchant Ivan Volkov, where Tsarevich Alexander Nikolaevich (the future Alexander II) and his entourage stayed during their trip through the region in 1837. A small birch park was planted around the building, and a boat was placed under a canopy against the wall — the very boat on which the young Alexander II crossed the Cheptsa River at the Balezino ferry crossing in 1837. In 1931, by decision of the Glazov authorities, the building was dismantled for its bricks.