The income house was built in 1901 at the request of M. N. Chizhikova, the wife of a titular advisor. The building's design, according to documents, was developed by architect A. L. Chizhikov, who was a relative of the owner. However, there is no further information about this architect. It is suggested that the project may have been authored by the well-known Gustav Gelrich, with Chizhikov's signature being merely a formality.

The building is executed in the style of Viennese modernism and originally had four floors. The facade of the house is symmetrical, with a central vertical window spanning three floors, illuminating the grand staircase. On the sides are two-story bay windows, which culminate in balconies at the fourth floor. Originally, the facade was topped with a cornice supported by decorative metal brackets. At the edges, the cornice was interrupted, giving way to two symmetrical attics rising above the roof. In 1940, the house was raised by three floors. At the level of the fourth floor, ceramic tile in the form of a grid has been preserved, although in 2011 it was painted to match the facade. Among the ceramic decor, panels on the bay windows between the second and third floors depicting leaves and flowers have survived. The spandrels between the floors are adorned with geometric floral patterns. Metal details in the modern style have been preserved: a canopy above the entrance and railings of the fourth-floor balconies.

During the 1940 renovation, the balconies on the new floors were designed in the spirit of the originals. Wooden carpentry has been preserved: a window above the entrance and frames of the semicircular balcony window on the fourth floor. Among the losses are the cornice, the ceramic frieze between the third and fourth floors, the wooden door of the main entrance, and most window frames, except for the apartment on the first floor. The Soviet sign of Osoaviakhim has also been preserved above the entrance canopy.

The interior of the house is of great interest. The entrance hall retains the original Mettlach tiles and the wrought iron staircase railing. On the stair landings, doors to the apartments are decorated with carved dessyudeparts. In some apartments, fireplaces with Abramtsevo ceramics have been preserved, each with unique decor.

Among the notable residents of the house was Valentin Valentinovich Petrov, a librettist and composer, as well as actor Sadovsky Prov Mikhailovich. After the revolution, aircraft designer Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich lived here. As of 2018, most of the house remains residential, one floor is occupied by offices, and part of the first floor houses the Central City Youth Library named after M. A. Svetlov.