In 1832, a one-story house with a basement was built for merchant Seliverstov at the corner of Povarskaya Street and Malaya Rzhevskaya Lane. This building is a vivid example of Moscow's construction after the 1812 fire.

In 1838, a one-story mansion in the Empire style was added next to this house for Major General K.P. Ofrosimov.

Owners and Notable Figures

Later, the owner of the general's mansion became his niece, Bukhvostova. In the mid-19th century, all properties at the corner of Povarskaya Street and Malaya Rzhevskaya Lane passed to the Okhotnikov family. The next owner was Count and diplomat Pavel Andreyevich Shuvalov.

From 1904, Shuvalov's house housed a sanatorium for patients with internal and nervous diseases, organized by doctor Fyodor Alexandrovich Grinevsky, a second cousin of writer Alexander Grin, the author of "Scarlet Sails."

During the Soviet era, in the 1950s, the Okhotnikov-Shuvalov property was transferred to the Gnesin State Musical-Pedagogical Institute. In 1989, a chamber concert hall "Musical Living Room in the Shuvalov House" opened here.

Reconstruction and Restoration

In 1892, at the request of V.N. Okhotnikov, the house on Povarskaya was reconstructed according to the project of architect Alexander Kaminsky in an eclectic style. During the work, parts of the previous house of Ofrosimov were partially preserved, including the layout, decorative facade design, and vaulted basements.

Architect Kaminsky emphasized the corner part of the building, designing it as a tower with a blind first floor. Special attention was paid to the details of the facade. At the end of the last century, the building underwent reconstruction, preserving some of the interior decor: stucco, marble staircase, and wall paintings.