At the end of the 18th century, a large estate belonging to the master of the hunt S.A. Lopukhin was located on the site of the modern property No. 15 on Bolshoy Nikolopeskovsky Lane. After the fire of 1812, the estate was divided into several plots, one of which retained the manor house that was unharmed by the flames.

From 1815, the owner of the estate was Prince A.A. Shcherbatov, a chamber junker of the imperial court and a court counselor. His children were friends with A.S. Pushkin. In 1834, the estate was inherited by Shcherbatov's son, Nikolai Alexandrovich, a retired major general and state councilor. In the 1830s, the house was briefly rented by the hero of the 1812 war and Decembrist Mikhail Fyodorovich Orlov, who lived in Moscow under police supervision.

Nicholas I mentioned Orlov in his notes as a man of great intellect and noble appearance, possessing the gift of speech. Orlov, married to the daughter of General Raevsky, was known in society as an intelligent and talkative person. His circle included P. Chaadaev, A. Herzen, N. Ogaryov, and Ya. Polonsky, and he was also visited by A.S. Pushkin.

The architecture of the house corresponded to the style of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with a symmetrical facade and a suite of ceremonial rooms on the second floor. From 1839, the estate was owned by F.N. Luginin, and here his son Vladimir, a future scholar, spent his childhood. In the 1850s-1880s, the estate belonged to D.N. Sverbeev, and then to Princess V.N. Lobanova-Rostovskaya.

At the end of the 19th century, the boundaries of the plot changed, and from 1897 it became the property of Prince N.E. Golitsyn. A two-story volume was added to the house, and the main entrance was moved to Bolshoy Nikolopeskovsky Lane. The street facade is decorated with window openings with stucco wreaths and keystones.

Apartments in the house were rented out. Here lived A.S. Pushkin's daughter Maria Alexandrovna Hartung. From 1916 to 1920, poet Konstantin Balmont lived in one of the apartments, frequently visited by V. Bryusov, M. Tsvetaeva, M. Voloshin, and S. Prokofiev.

In 1898, a three-story apartment building was constructed in the southwestern part of the property according to the design of architect I.P. Mashkov, as well as a one-story service building. The apartment building was intended for residents of moderate means and later became communal housing during the Soviet era. Later, a three-story extension was added to the building, giving it an L-shape.

In the 1960s, during the construction of Kalininsky Avenue, only the main house, now occupied by the directing faculty of the Shchukin Theatre School, and the apartment building remained from the historic estate. In the 1990s, the apartment building was vacated and adapted for administrative needs.