The five-story brick building was constructed in 1911 by architect Vladimir Sherwood Jr., the son of the creator of the Historical Museum project on Red Square. The house is designed in the style of Russian Gothic, also known as pseudo-Gothic, which combines elements of European Gothic, Byzantine architecture, and Moscow Baroque.

The mansion on Malaya Ordynka has preserved its exterior appearance to this day. Just like a hundred years ago, the facades are adorned with bas-reliefs featuring plant patterns and images of animals. Thanks to the massive semicircular bay windows, pointed roof, the portal of the main entrance decorated with half-columns, and tall, slightly narrowed windows, the building resembles a Gothic castle. The appearance is complemented by decorative niches, half-columns, and capitals with bird figures, characteristic of the pseudo-Gothic style.

The income house has retained its planning structure. The interiors feature ceiling stucco decorations, cornices, staircase railings, and carpentry elements. However, the vaulted arch that allowed access to the inner courtyard was bricked up during the Soviet era.

Until the 1990s, the house on Malaya Ordynka was used as a residential building, and now it houses various commercial organizations.

In Zamoskvorechye, there is another income house built by Vladimir Sherwood for merchant Alexei Durilin. This is the Rzhevsky estate, remodeled in 1906 in the Art Nouveau style, located at the intersection of Bolshaya Ordynka and Chernigovsky Lane.

Durilin was known as a public figure, a patron of several charitable organizations, and an Orthodox benefactor. In the Moscow City Duma, he held the position of a member, which meant having a decisive vote in the legislative assembly.