The dark six-story income house was built in 1912-1913 by chamberlain V. Smirnov and his brother Oleg.

In the mid-18th century, this extensive estate belonged to the Buturlins. The plot extended deep into the courtyard. The main house was located away from the red line, behind it was a garden with a large pond, from which a stream flowed towards the Neglinnaya River and went under a bridge on Petrovka.

In the 19th century, the estate changed hands among various merchant families, including the Markovs and Skornyakovs. A large plot with stone buildings was used for forges and shoemaking workshops, and from the 1870s, a workshop and store for dairy farm supplies owned by collegiate advisor P. Perevozchikov were located here.

In the mid-19th century, part of the buildings was rented out. Notable residents included one of the founders of Slavic philology in Russia V. Grigorovich, entrepreneur and promoter of health gymnastics Y. Puare, father of the famous actress Maria Puare, and neurologist F. Savey-Mogilevich.

The house also housed the "exemplary dairy" of V. Chichkin.

P. Savostyanova, the owner of a bakery on Petrovka, sold the plot to the Smirnov brothers, who began large-scale income construction.

The previously built income house in 1894, designed by architect I. Kondratenko, did not satisfy the new owners. The plot was developed with multi-story income houses designed by German architect H. Gelrich, who built extensively in Moscow. Building 1 is located along the red line of Petrovka. A wide passage arch leads into the system of internal courtyards.

The tall arched showcase windows on the first floors belong to shops. Until recently, an old Moscow bakery operated in the right part of the building. The residential part of the house is adorned with four tall bay windows, and the upper two floors are separated by inter-window pilasters. The middle part of the building is highlighted by small balconies.

Over the years, notable residents included Bolshoi Theater artist S. Migay, composer and violinist G. Krein, and professor of psychiatry and defectology D. Azbukhin.

After the October Revolution and the relocation of the Soviet government to Moscow, the house housed the Commissariat of Health under N. Semashko. Later, it became home to the publishing house "Sphinx" and the printing house "Thought."