In local history literature, this house with a retaining wall and an iron fence with elegant gates is known as the mansion of merchants Stepan and Tikhon Shelaev, which was reconstructed in the 1870s from a building dating back to the early 19th century. The facades of the house are designed in the Renaissance-classical style of the late 19th century, and through the windows, one can see fragments of interiors from the same period. In the lists of newly identified cultural heritage monuments of Moscow, the building is listed as "Semyonovsky Sloboda House, 18th-19th centuries," although there are other opinions on this matter.

The Most Serene Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, who ended his days in Siberian exile, began them in Semyonovsky. After 1689, when his position at court was strengthened, Menshikov built a estate in his native village, between the current Zhuravleva Square and Bolshaya Semyonovskaya Street. The estate, which was restored several times after fires, was known as "entertainment." Tsar Peter, who lived nearby in a modest palace, used Menshikov's house for receptions and balls. Initially, the estate was modest, but over time it expanded and became increasingly luxurious. It included two stone buildings in the style of "Peter's Baroque," featuring chambers from 1708, stone gates with Doric columns, a wooden tower with a clock, and even a decorative pond. An inventory from 1728, when Menshikov fell into disgrace, records crystal and Chinese dishes, a collection of weapons and armor, as well as bronze and cast-iron cannons. These cannons were left in memory of the arms factory he established in 1708, where 3,089 cannons and mortars were cast for the army in just a few months.

The estate is considered lost, as in the post-Peter era, the territory housed the Laundry Yard of the palace department, and later, the building of the Pokrovskaya (Lefortovskaya) part. However, the building of the Pokrovskaya police station is indeed the house of the Shelaev merchants, which, according to recent data, is based on chambers from the early 18th century. It is likely the last remnant of Menshikov's estate. In the mid-1920s, historian Mikhail Alexandrovsky discovered several more buildings of Menshikov's palace on Lavrentyevskaya Street, which were dismantled in the late 1920s. During the Soviet years, the house at 6 Vvedenskaya Square housed the Registry Office, and it is now privately owned.