The history of this site begins in the mid-18th century when there were four courtyards of the same size. After the fire of 1812, all the wooden houses burned down and were restored. In 1887 and 1907, the property belonged to Y.V. Derzhavina and her sister, daughter of provincial secretary M.V. Nikiforova. In 1907, the site was acquired by candidate of commercial sciences G.E. Broido. That same year, a four-story income house with a semi-basement was built on the site of the demolished one-story house and shed, designed by architect N.I. Zherikhov.

On March 10, 1908, Broido sold the house to nobleman P.P. Alexandrov and the widow of state councilor V.V. Shestakova, who owned the building until 1917. However, in the history of Moscow, the building is known as the 'Broido House.' It was a residential income house where all floors were rented out to affluent tenants. The owners of the house, Alexandrov and Shestakova, also lived there. The semi-basement housed utility rooms. After 1917, the apartments became communal.

Today, the building has two facades in eclectic style: the western one facing Plotnikov Lane and the northern one facing Maly Mogiltsevsky Lane. The bay window at the northwest corner of the facade unites the composition. The main entrance is adorned with a decorative portal featuring stone masks in the corner sections.

The frieze of the Broido House, also known as the 'House with Writers,' consists of 19 bas-reliefs depicting writers A.S. Pushkin, N.V. Gogol, and L.N. Tolstoy in ancient attire, as well as Apollo and the Muses. The origin of the frieze remains unknown. It is believed that the bas-relief of L.N. Tolstoy became the first sculptural representation of the writer created during his lifetime. There is a suggestion that it could have been a fragment of the work of sculptor L.S. Sinaev-Bernstein for the Museum of Fine Arts, which the client rejected, but there is no documentary evidence for this.

Before the restoration began, the facades of the Broido House were in poor condition: the plaster had peeled off, the brickwork was damaged, and parts of the stucco decor were lost. During the restoration, the brickwork was reinforced, the unique stucco frieze was restored, the remaining decorative elements were renovated, window openings and doors were recreated, elements of the drainage pipes and roof fencing were replaced, and the rafter system was repaired.

In 2018, the income house of G.E. Broido received the Moscow Government award 'Moscow Restoration' for scientific and methodological guidance and research work.