Until the 1980s, a three-story house with a G-shaped layout stood at the corner of Bryusov Lane and Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street. When they decided to renovate a small wing on Bryusov Lane, it turned out that these were chambers from the 17th century, and the history of the house took a new turn.

The first owner of the plot from the late 17th century was provincial fiscal G.K. Araslanov. Fiscal officers were appointed by Peter I to combat corruption among officials. The head of the department was the Ober- or General Fiscal, while provincial fiscals operated in the regions. It is unknown how long Araslanov owned this plot, but in 1729 he sold it for 1300 rubles to Captain-Lieutenant of the Life Guards Prince F.P. Sonsov-Zasekin. Thirty years later, the prince's widow, Maria Fedorovna, born Pushkina, sold the chambers with an increased land plot to the widow of titular councilor M.I. Stepanova for 1400 rubles.

In the early 19th century, ownership passed to merchant I.P. Shnur. The house was too small for him, so he added a large three-story building facing Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street. After the fire of 1812, the merchant restored the property in two years. The facade on the Nikitskaya side was adorned with an Ionic portico on arches. By the 1860s, only the arches on the first floor remained. The new owner, the widow of lieutenant E.D. Fedorov, glazed the arches and opened shops on the first floor.

Before World War I, the last pre-revolutionary owner, the well-known Moscow landlord M.G. Korovin, planned to demolish the building and construct a six-story residential building designed by I.G. Kondratenko. However, due to the war, these plans were not realized. The house housed furnished rooms called 'Northern Pole,' where artist N.N. Sapunov stayed. In 1912, architect L.N. Kekushev rented apartment 6 for his workshop and architectural bureau, which became his last working address. He subsequently spent most of his time in hospitals until his death.

During the Soviet era, the house was used as residential. In the 1980s, it was vacated and became administrative, and later office space. The interiors were lost, but the facade decor was preserved. The second and third floors are adorned with rusticated pilasters, the window niches of the third floor have stucco ornamentation, and the windows feature stucco frames and keystones.

On the first floor of this cultural heritage monument, there is a cafe where one can admire the old walls and windows.