The history of ownership begins in 1756, when the property of ensign N. A. Shepotyev was first marked on the map, including the current properties 24 and 26. In 1773, it belonged to the captain of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment I. G. Naumov. In 1797, the property was divided into two plots: property 24 passed to Prince A. P. Obolensky, and in 1809 it was acquired by Count P. I. Kutaisov.

During the fire of 1812, Kutaisov's property was almost undamaged. By 1821, the plot was densely built up: there was a stone two-story house with a mezzanine and wings along Bolshaya Nikitskaya. In 1836, Kutaisov gave the property as a dowry to his daughter Alexandra Pavlovna, who married Prince A. A. Golitsyn. The main building was used for residence, while the other premises were rented out.

In 1873, Golitsyn's property was purchased by P. N. Batyushkov, a secret advisor, historian, and ethnographer, younger brother of the poet K. Batyushkov. In 1846, he married Sofia Nikolaevna Krivtsova, receiving a good dowry. In the 1870s, the couple moved to Moscow and therefore acquired this property. Pompey Nikolaevich was a member of the Moscow Slavic Committee and vice-president of the Commission for the construction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior.

In the late 19th century, the two-story wing was rented to the Imperial Philharmonic Society for a musical-dramatic school that trained singers, instrumentalists, composers, and theater artists. In 1886, the school was equated with the conservatories of the Russian Musical Society. Outstanding artists such as S. Kusevitsky, O. L. Knipper, and I. M. Moskvin studied here.

The Batyushkovs had no children, and they adopted an orphan named Sofia, who inherited the property. In 1905-1908, the wife of college advisor S. P. Penkin commissioned architect B. M. Nilus to build a large income house with shops on the site where a school had previously been located.

B. M. Nilus and A. F. Meissner erected a four-story building in the Art Nouveau style with rich decor. However, part of the decor was lost in the mid-1920s, and the facade became closer to neoclassicism. The apartments were converted into communal ones, and shops were located on the first floor.

In the 1910s, the house was acquired by merchant I. M. Yurasov, whose wooden house in neoclassical style has survived on Leningradsky Prospekt.