The six-story income house on Nashchokin Lane was built in 1911 according to the design of architect M.M. Cherkasov. Its facade features a strict and concise style, almost devoid of decorations. The first two floors, located on the semi-basement, are rusticated and continue the decor of the neighboring mansion No. 4.

In the late 19th century, the house was owned by the Lazarev family of merchants from Bogorodsk, and from 1914 until the revolution, by S.D. Sinelnikov. In the summer of 1917, poet Boris Pasternak lived here in apartment No. 16. The apartment was vacant as the sister of his longtime friend Fanny Zbarskaya got a job as a zemstvo doctor near Mytishchi, and Pasternak temporarily settled in Nashchokin.

In his book "People and Situations," Pasternak recalled how in July 1917, he was found by I.G. Ehrenburg on the advice of Bryusov. Ehrenburg visited Pasternak in this house and left his description: he met Pasternak in the summer when "the wind was cracking seeds and swelling with dust." The poet lived not far from Prechistenka Boulevard in a large house, and this was the time of creating "My Sister, Life." Ehrenburg remembered how Pasternak read him poems, and he left him, astonished by what he heard. That evening, Ehrenburg stayed until two in the morning and could not find the way out of the house until he met Pasternak, who went out for a walk.

Letters from Elena Vinograd arrived at this address, to whom Pasternak dedicated his book. He wrote that while finishing "Over the Barriers," the girl he was in love with asked him to gift her this book. Pasternak was fascinated by cubism, and she was "raw, unspoiled," so he decided to write another book for her, "My Sister, Life," which she never found out about.

In the 1920s, apartment No. 7 was home to Vera Yakovlevna Efron, sister of Sergey Efron, a playwright and educator, a devoted friend of M. Voloshin. The poet wrote about her as a person who embodies spiritual purity and self-sacrifice.

Today, this house is considered "elite" and is located in a prestigious area of Moscow, with residents providing its security. The security guard suggested that Ehrenburg got lost, missing the staircase leading to the exit, and went down to the basement, from where there is no direct exit to the street. In 1917, there was probably no electricity on the stairs, and Ehrenburg had to wait in the dark until Pasternak came out of the apartment. Pasternak later said that Ehrenburg initially did not understand him and A. White, but Bryusov convinced him to read and perceive Pasternak's poetry.

The house has always remained residential.