The wooden house with an attic on a brick basement was built in the first third of the 19th century. In the State Archive of the Kaluga Region, local historian G.M. Morozova discovered documents that help reconstruct the history of the construction and ownership changes of the estate located on an elevation in Grigorov Lane, previously known as Malutin Street.

Documents prior to 1860 have not been found. In the 1860s, the house and estate belonged to the noblewoman M.A. Boryaeva. After her death in 1883, the estate passed to Prince V.D. Volkonsky. In 1887, he bequeathed it to his heirs from Oryol, a total of 11 people with the surname Volkonsky. That same year, they sold the estate to titular adviser V.F. Olkhovskaya.

In 1902, Olkhovskaya sold the house with the estate and the mezzanine to merchants Dmitry and Guri Slesarev for 12,900 rubles. Guri Ivanovich Slesarev, a forestry engineer, was born in 1859 and died in 1922. The Slesarevs reconstructed the main house and built a wing. Initially, the house had a first floor and a mezzanine with four wooden columns along the facade. It resembled a classic mansion, like the Tolmachev estate on Plekhanova Street, 26.

The restoration from 1972 to 1974 confirmed that the main log structure of the building is older than the extensions. The author-architect is not mentioned in the documents, but likely belonged to the metropolitan school and gave the house a style of pseudo-Russian direction "ropet". The Slesarev house has analogues in Kaluga, for example, the Tsypulin house on Podvoysky Street.

In 1918, the house was municipalized. Guri Gurevich Slesarev, a well-known doctor and surgeon, was born and raised here. Communal apartments were arranged in the house, preserving the stove heating. In 1971 and 1973, a restoration project was developed for the GZhU No. 5 office. Windows, carvings of window frames and cornices were restored, but some elements, such as the balcony and the third staircase to the mezzanine, were not completed.

Since 1974, the house has housed the management of GZhU No. 5, while the wing was used as residential premises. The house was equipped with central heating, sewage, water supply, electricity, and other systems. In 1991, the house was recognized as a monument of local significance. In 1992, a restoration project was completed to house the Center for Applied Crafts and Trades "House of Craftsmen". In this regard, the house was transferred to the balance of the city department of culture.