This small two-story tenement became known thanks to the famous Silver Age poet Alexander Blok. In January 1904, he spent two weeks here with his young wife Lyubov Mendeleeva. In 1925, Blok's cousin, poet Sergey Solovyov, recalled that at the beginning of Spiridonovka, not far from Bolshoye Voznesenie, one could still see the white two-story house owned by the Markonet brothers. Once, in the cozy apartment on the first floor, guests often gathered at Uncle Solovyov's, Alexander Fedorovich Markonet. Due to lack of space at his own place, Solovyov suggested Blok stay in the Markonets' apartment. That same day, Blok moved to Spiridonovka, and for several weeks they gathered almost every evening in the empty Markonet apartment, spending time until late at night. Blok and Lyubov Dmitrievna's success in Moscow was significant.

As early as the beginning of the 19th century, there stood a small wooden house that attracted the attention of passersby, possibly due to the large garden occupying most of the plot. The owner was the wife of a court adviser, E. I. Fedorov. After her, there were two more owners who did not change either the building or the garden. From 1866 to 1917, the property belonged to the Markonet family of gymnasium teachers. First to Lydia Alexeyevna, then to her husband, teacher of the 1st Men's Gymnasium F. K. Markonet, and then to their son, court adviser Gavriil Fedorovich.

In 1875, to the right of the old house, on the site of the garden, architect Nechaev built a two-story house for them with a rusticated first floor and a flat decorative order on the second. This modest property became an important literary monument. The Markonet family was connected with many famous figures of Russian literature. Gavriil Fedorovich lived here with his wife Lyubov Fedorovna, as well as his brothers Alexander and Vladimir with their families. They were known in Moscow as sociable and hospitable people. Alexander Fedorovich Markonet was a lawyer and a barrister in civil matters, while Vladimir Fedorovich, a retired history teacher, often visited the Noble Club. Alexander Fedorovich's wife, Alexandra Mikhailovna, born Kovalenko, was the poet Sergey Solovyov's aunt. Therefore, when the young Bloks arrived in Moscow after Christmas 1904, they were offered to settle in the vacant apartment of Sasha's deceased uncle.

The two weeks of January 1904 passed in continuous meetings. Almost every evening, Andrei Bely, Sergey Solovyov, sometimes Konstantin Balmont and Vladislav Khodasevich gathered in the empty Markonet apartment and spent time with Blok until late at night. Lyubov Dmitrievna learned to manage the household, while Blok ran to the shop for beer and sardines. Sergey Solovyov wrote that Blok and Lyubov Dmitrievna's success in Moscow was great, and her silence, modesty, simplicity, and elegance charmed everyone. Bely gifted her roses, and Solovyov, lilies. The ladies whispered about Blok, calling him 'a delight.' During these two weeks, the Bloks got acquainted with the entire Moscow decadent-symbolist society. The walls of this house remember it all. In 1993, a monument to Alexander Blok, created by sculptor Oleg Komov, was erected in the square, on the site of the former main wooden house of the estate.