The building on Bolshaya Dmitrovka has retained its pre-revolutionary appearance. There are no loud advertising signs or bright shop windows, and the entrance courtyard is still protected by a gate that locks at night.

On December 26, 1904, a literary and artistic circle opened here, attended by actress Vera Komissarzhevskaya. Before this, the circle, founded in 1899, was located at house No. 10, but in 1904 it moved to new premises provided by merchant Boris Vostryakov. Vostryakov acquired the former palace of Moldavian Prince Alexander Mavrokordato, built in 1824. After the prince, the owner of the mansion became Moscow Governor-General Dmitry Vladimirovich Golitsyn, who died in 1844. Under him and his mother, Natalia Petrovna, the house was reconstructed and expanded.

The Vostryakov family continued this tradition, and in the 1880s and 1890s the building was reconstructed again, including with the participation of architect Fyodor Osipovich Shekhtel. Vostryakov is known for providing space for the Literary Circle, maintaining an art gallery, and renting out buildings for housing. Nikolai Telezhov noted that the circle flourished on Bolshaya Dmitrovka. A large library with autographs of famous people was collected there, rooms were adorned with paintings by contemporary Russian artists, and exhibitions, concerts, performances, and balls were held in the halls. The circle hosted public organizations of Moscow, providing them with space for meetings. Anniversaries were also celebrated here, and banquets were held for celebrities such as Emile Verhaeren, who read his poems in the marble hall in 1913.

The circle was particularly lively on Saturdays, when various events took place simultaneously: meetings of educational societies, debates between realists and decadents, discussions of draft laws, and issues of copyright.

The most famous society of the circle was 'Free Aesthetics' led by Valery Bryusov, where symbolists gathered. Ilf and Petrov described events of 1913 in 'The Twelve Chairs,' when futurist Mayakovsky provoked poet Balmont at an evening in 'Free Aesthetics,' causing public discontent.

By 1917, the circle had 300 members. In 1918, V.I. Lenin delivered a speech here on the anniversary of the revolution, and in 1920 the circle closed. The mansion housed the Moscow Committee of the RCP(b), editorial offices of newspapers, and a publishing house. In 1926-1927, the building was expanded and renovated.

Today, it houses the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, and the building is recognized as a cultural heritage site of regional significance.