In the 18th century, a large estate stood on the site of the modern house 58 on Bolshaya Polyanka. In the mid-19th century, it was divided into two plots, which were used as income properties. Most of the historical buildings were demolished in the 1930s-1940s during the construction of Zhitnaya Street. The only surviving two-story house with a richly decorated facade along the red line of Bolshaya Polyanka belonged to first guild merchant Nikolai Sergeyevich Vorobyev, owner of the trading house "Brothers Vorobyev." The family business in the trade of muscatel goods passed to Nikolai from his father, Sergey Petrovich, and uncle, Dmitry Petrovich. The brothers were first guild merchants since 1866 and co-owners of the trading house "Vorobyev D. and S. brothers."

For many years, the Vorobyev merchants and their descendants traded in the Old Gostiny Dvor on Varvarka and in their own house on Serpukhovskaya Street. They led a pious life. Sergey Petrovich was the elder at the church of the Moscow Commercial School, exempted from service by city elections during his tenure. Dmitry Petrovich was actively involved in public affairs, serving as chairman of the Orphan Court and a member of the board of the Society for the Care of Children of Persons Exiled to Siberia by Judicial Sentences. He was also elected to the Moscow merchant class and, since 1889, a member of the Moscow City Duma. His son, Dmitry Dmitrievich, continued the traditions of charity, being the elder of Moscow children's shelters and director of the Moscow Committee for the Care of Prisons.

After the death of Sergey Petrovich, his son Nikolai Sergeyevich took over the family business. Since 1886, he was a second, and later first guild merchant and a personal honorary citizen. From 1903, he became elected to the Moscow merchant estate. In 1896, his cousin Dmitry joined the management of the trading house, living in the family house on Bolshaya Serpukhovskaya Street.

In 1905, Nikolai Vorobyev demolished the old buildings on his plot on Bolshaya Polyanka and built a new house designed by architect L.V. Stezhenko. The two-story stone building with a semi-basement was intended for family residence and rental apartments. The facade of the house is executed in the Art Nouveau style with elements of ancient Russian architecture. The central part is highlighted by a bay window with a three-part window and an attic floor with a sculptural plant ornament. The facade features a coat of arms with Vorobyev's initials. The side risalits are decorated with figurative attics with pinnacles. The facade is clad in two-colored ceramic tiles. The entrance is designed with an arched portal, and the windows and doors have a characteristic Art Nouveau glazing. The courtyard facades are also executed in the Art Nouveau style with various bay windows. A fence was erected along the red line of the street, fragments of which have survived to this day.

The house had a corridor layout corresponding to its income function. The interiors matched the external decoration: the grand staircase, exquisite ceiling decor, complexly profiled cornices, and parquet floors have been preserved.

Until 1917, the house belonged to merchant Olympiada Mikhailovna Vorobyeva. After nationalization in the 1920s, the building was used as a Club for Enlightenment Workers. In the 1970s, it housed the Institute for Advanced Teacher Training, and since the late 1990s, the University of the Russian Academy of Education. In 2005, a comprehensive restoration of the building was carried out.