The extensive building located between Myasnitskaya Street and Krivokolenny Lane is an architectural monument. It includes chambers from the early 18th century and a tenement house from the late 19th to early 20th century, which was reconstructed in the 1920s. In the inner courtyard, there is a four-story structure with a triangular pediment adorned with the USSR coat of arms from 1924. These chambers, significantly remodeled, belonged to the princely family of Koltsovs-Masal'skikh for over a hundred years since 1710, with the last owner being Princess L.D. Koltsova-Masal'skaya. In the first half of the 19th century, this building became a Baroque house with a four-column portico and a high entablature. The main elements of the portico, such as the horizontal volume and three windows with semi-circular finishes, have been preserved in the modern building.

In 1845, the property was sold to the wealthy Armenian merchant I.S. Ananov, who lived here until his death in 1888. The house passed to his children and other relatives. By this time, several buildings had appeared along the street, which were rented out as shops. It was decided to build a tenement house with office and warehouse spaces. In the 1890s and 1900s, a new three-story building was erected according to the design of architect A.V. Ivanov, adorned with a powerful stepped thrust above the third floor, which previously served as a cornice.

In the interior of the central hall on the first floor, a mosaic of tiles with the inscription "Mür' and Meriliz'" has been preserved, representing a fine example of ceramic production from a well-known trading company.

The new house on Myasnitskaya was rented out to the Varvarin Joint Stock Company of homeowners, which provided premises for the editorial offices and printing houses of magazines and newspapers such as "Family", "News of Foreign Literature", "Russian Leaflet", "News of the Day", and others.

In 1905, a meeting of the Moscow Council calling for a general political strike took place in this house. It also housed the "Construction Office of Engineer A.V. Bari", where the leading engineer V.G. Shukhov worked for a long time. The office was involved in the construction of railways, the reconstruction of the Mytishchi water supply, the erection of grain elevators, and the first hyperboloid structures.

During the Soviet era, the editorial office of the newspaper "Economic Life", shops, and departments of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee were located here. In the mid-1920s, the building was transferred to the Oil Syndicate of the USSR, which added two floors and reconstructed the buildings in the courtyard, giving the entire complex a unified appearance. After the war, the Ministry of Chemical Industry of the USSR was located here.

Currently, the building belongs to the Higher School of Economics.