This area of Moscow has long been inhabited by merchants, townspeople, and honorary citizens. In 1855, a plot at the corner of Bolshaya Polyanka and 2nd Spasonalivkovsky Lane, owned by the wife of the rotmistr E.S. Kukol-Yampolskaya, was purchased by A. Tropinin for his father, the famous artist Vasily Andreyevich Tropinin. After his wife's death, the artist moved to Polyanka, where he lived until his passing in May 1857. The artist's granddaughter recalls a cozy fruit garden next to a small wooden house. The estate remained in the possession of the free artist A.V. Tropinin, the son of Vasily Andreyevich.

In the early 20th century, the former Tropinin house was inhabited by merchant Z.V. Erokhin, who owned the Bronze House and the Marble establishment at this address. He sold the plot to M.M. Malyshev, who by 1914 had bought up all the neighboring small plots, built with single-story houses, fruit gardens, and outbuildings.

In 1915, a significant income house was built on this site for those times. Architect G.A. Gelrich designed a fortress-like building with angular bay windows that stand out on three facades of the building. Two wings of the house extend into Spasonalivkovsky Lanes, and the corners of the building have different shapes: angular and semicircular. The first two floors are highlighted by rustication and harmonize with the neighboring building of the former Teacher's Institute. The combination of rectangular and rounded windows with various frames gives the building dynamism and interest.

In 1932, avant-garde artist L.A. Bruni received two rooms in apartment No. 57. He lived here with his wife E.K. Balmont, the daughter of poet K. Balmont. Guests at the artist's home included A. Akhmatova, A. Tarkovsky, and O. Mandelstam. L. Bruni is known for a pre-revolutionary portrait of Mandelstam, as well as a large watercolor portrait of Balmont, known as the 'blue portrait.'

The poet and priest N. Bruni also visited his brother. In the Church of Nikolai on Peski, where N. Bruni served, a memorial service for writers in honor of Blok was held in 1921. Bruni began it with the lines:

Remember during the early liturgy
My dear friend, the Radiant Wife.

Currently, the house continues to be residential, with shops and cafes occupying the first floor.