After the death of his only son, manufacturing advisor Gerasim Ivanovich Khudov decided to create a large charitable institution funded by his capital. He purchased a large estate from merchant Vasiliev, a former factory with a manor house on the banks of the Yauza River in Syromyatniki. Here, it was planned to build the "House of Charity for the Poor named after G.I. Khudov." He bequeathed 200,000 rubles for the decoration and arrangement of the building, and another 300,000 in securities of the Moscow-Kursk Railway was intended for the maintenance of the residents. Fearing that his plan might not be realized during his lifetime, Khudov detailed in his will the conditions for the existence of the almshouse. In 1885, Gerasim Ivanovich passed away, and his work was continued by his four daughters-heirs.

For the construction of the almshouse, the Moscow Merchant Society hired the renowned architect B.V. Freidenberg. In 1888, the buildings of the almshouse for 80 people (30 men and 50 women) with a house church were completed. The central chapel was consecrated in honor of St. Gerasimus of Jordan, another chapel, in memory of the deceased brother, was dedicated to the holy apostles Peter and Paul, and the third, to St. Pelagia, the patroness of their mother, who passed away shortly after her husband. The building designed by Freidenberg turned out to be strict and stylish. The central risalit is highlighted by semi-columns and towers that adorn the high pediment. Above the almshouse rises a large dome of the house church.

The daughters-heirs wanted the complex to include buildings with free apartments for widows with orphans, as there was a shortage of such institutions in Moscow. Immediately, a building with 87 free apartments was constructed, to which the daughters added 98,000 rubles. However, the queue of destitute widows hardly decreased, and Alexandra Gerasimovna donated another 100,000 rubles for the construction of an additional building. The eldest sister Pelageya also contributed, donating 100,000 rubles in 1890 for the construction of a section for elderly women in need of medical care, in memory of her prematurely deceased husband and mother. Thus, along Syromyatnicheskaya Lane, a huge charitable complex grew, including the main building of the almshouse with a house church and three buildings of free apartments with a large park extending to the banks of the Yauza River. In 1913, there were 105 people in the almshouse, 570 widows with children lived in the free apartments, and 155 children were educated in schools.

The vast charitable complex ceased to exist in 1918. The new authorities took the buildings for their needs. Initially, they were various offices, and later the buildings were transferred to the research institute of the Academy of Sciences. The church ceased to exist, and it was divided into floors. Now the dome is visible from the Winzavod, and the apses can be seen through the fence in the yard. The large park has been built up.