In the 18th century, this building was part of the ancient estate of the Olsufyev family. Behind a large palisade was the manor house, surrounded by wings. Behind the house were outbuildings and a garden that led to the Malaya Molchanovka.

After the fire of 1812, the estate was restored by new owners, the Chernovs. In 1829 and 1830, it was rented for the winter seasons by Ekaterina Apraxeva Stolyppina, the daughter-in-law of M.Yu. Lermontov's grandmother. Arsenyeva lived nearby on Povarskaya with her grandson in 1829, opposite the house of Major's wife Kostomarova. The Stolyppins often hosted young people on Povarskaya. Children from the Stolyppin family, as well as Moscow acquaintances and neighbors, Sushkovs, Lopukhins, Martynovs, came to dance lessons with teacher Iogel. Here, romances blossomed and poems were written, which passed from hand to hand, including Lermontov's.

In the mid-19th century, the house was divided into apartments and rented out, hosting many prominent figures of Russian culture. From 1867, the writer I.I. Lazhechnikov lived here and died in 1869. In 1875 and 1876, the writer and ethnographer P.I. Melnikov-Pechersky rented an apartment here, where he wrote the novel "In the Forests." In the 1870s, the house also housed composer and conductor M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanov, who was visited by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov, and neurologist, professor A.Ya. Kozhevnikov.

In the late 19th century, the estate was acquired by the family of Alexandra Timofeevna Nazarova, daughter of Timofey Savvich Morozov. She was married to Alexander Alexandrovich Nazarov, manager of the Morozov factories. Alexandra Timofeevna suffered from a hereditary mental illness. Unable to bear this, her husband committed suicide in 1900, and she died in 1903. After her death, their daughter Yulia Alexandrovna Stuken owned the house, which she remodeled in 1900 and 1903. Architect M.F. Bugrovsky demolished the wings, added two stories to the main house, and constructed a right wing. The second-floor balcony was adorned with semi-columns, herms with female masks, and decorative stucco panels. A Gothic metal fence with entrance gates appeared. The rustication and shape of the second-floor window frames may have been preserved from the original facade design.

During the revolution, Yulia Stuken moved to France, and the 6th House of Councils was established in the house. From 1918 to 1925, L.B. Krasin and N. Narimanov lived here. The People's Commissariat of the Workers' and Peasants' Inspection, with I.V. Stalin's office, was also located here. In 1932, the main house of the estate was raised by two floors. Currently, an office center is being established here.