The estate is located at the beginning of the street on a steep bank of the Voronezh River. The house was built in the 1860s-1870s and belonged to the official N.K. Megedovsky. In 1901, it was acquired by A.L. Durov.

Anatoly Leonidovich Durov, a famous Russian circus artist, lived in this house until 1916. He significantly remodeled the building, expanding it towards Krasyanskaya Street, and turned the estate into a unique museum that existed from 1907 to 1913. The original structures of the estate were located on three terraces descending to the river and connected by a white stone staircase. On the upper terrace, besides the residential house, there were a gazebo-belvedere and an arena for animal training with an entrance shaped like a mask. The middle terrace featured a semi-ruined medieval castle with an underground passage, where diorama paintings created by Durov were exhibited. Below were museum pavilions with collections of paintings, sculptures, antiques, as well as archaeological and ethnographic exhibits.

The museum catalog included 20 sections on natural sciences, archaeology, history, and other topics. The territory was adorned with flowerbeds, gazebos, fountains, antique statues, and a grotto with an aquarium. There was a pier by the river. The house-museum was open for visits, and notable figures such as F.I. Shalyapin and many other artists, writers, and friends of Durov frequented it. In 1926, Durov's granddaughter, Teresa Vasilievna Durova, was born in this house, becoming a renowned animal trainer and People's Artist of Russia, continuing the artistic dynasty.

In the 1920s-1930s, the wooden pavilions of the museum were dismantled, part of the house and Durov's paintings were lost during the war, and in the post-war years, the remaining park structures of the estate were destroyed. The house and the wooden gazebo on the lower terrace were restored in the mid-1970s according to the project of architect N.V. Troitsky. From the original estate with its amusement park, the staircase, cast-iron grille with a gate, and a structure with a balustrade on the upper terrace have survived.

The main house, complex in layout, faces the street Krasyanskaya with its long facade, while the shorter side faces Durov Street. During restoration, the second wooden floor was replaced with brick, and the layout of the first floor was changed. The walls were plastered, the projection on the second floor of the garden part was sheathed with boards, and a wooden balcony with openwork carving was arranged. The facade's division includes a basement, profiled inter-floor and crowning cornices. The corners of the building are decorated with pilasters, and all windows have arched lintels and are adorned with beautiful wooden carved trim.

Currently, the A.L. Durov Museum operates in this building, which is a department of the regional local history museum. The exhibition was opened in 1978. In the mid-1990s, the Voronezh Scientific Restoration Workshop carried out comprehensive restoration work and landscaping of the territory.