The church was built before the 1917 revolution by peasant merchants the Sumarokovs from the village of Martynovo: either Andrian Ivanovich or his son Mikhail Andrianovich. Initially, it was located in another place and had two floors: the owner lived on the second floor, while trade was conducted on the first.

In the 1920s, the Sumarokovs moved to Leningrad, and the building became the property of the local collective farm "Voskhoд." The yard was used as a collective farm dairy, and the living quarters were given to the family of a milkmaid. In the 1930s, the building housed a collective farm nursery, which closed with the onset of the Great Patriotic War. In the 1940s, village meetings and discussions were held here.

In 1950, when the Martynovo school was transformed from a primary to a seven-year school, the building became a school. Education continued there until 1956, when the village council commission ruled that the building did not meet modern educational requirements. In 1957, the old mansion was dismantled: the first floor was used for firewood, and the second was moved to a new location. However, there was a shortage of space, and the building was expanded: first, a house from the village of Nefina was added, and then a log cabin from new timber harvested near Chernitsyn.

In 2011, the Martynovo school was closed, and the building was transferred to the Ethnographic Museum of Kaczka. However, it was not used due to its remoteness from the main museum area. Since 2013, at the initiative of Father Sergey, the rector of the Myshkin Nikolsky Cathedral, and with the blessing of Bishop Veniamin of Rybinsk and Uglich, the building began to be reconstructed into the Church of the Smolensk Mother of God. Currently, work is only being done on the "Sumarokov" part: the roof has been updated, a new porch has been built, and a dome has been installed. The cross on the dome was consecrated on June 19, 2015, by Bishop Veniamin, Myshkin's dean Father Alexander, and Father Sergey. The interior of the building has been reconfigured: there is now an altar, a temple, a sacristy, and a church shop. The Orthodox community of the village of Martynovo is acquiring icons and church utensils, and plans to renovate the entire building.