Information about the building

The urban estate belonged to Moscow merchants Ivan and Nikolai Egorovich Orlov. They traded in leather goods in Moscow at the Gostiny Dvor shop on Okhotny Ryad on Varvarka, called "Trading House Egor Orlov and Sons." In 1892, the brothers acquired a wool factory in the village of Murmino in the Ryazan region. The factory's turnover was 150,000 rubles per year, and two years later they sold it.

The estate was founded in the late 18th century. The main house, with a stone first floor and a wooden second, is located deep within the plot behind the front courtyard. Its construction took place in two stages: from 1837 to 1839, the northern part was built at the request of merchant Chizheva, and from 1859 to 1880, a two-story stone annex was added, originally serving as a greenhouse. By the end of the 19th century, the building was converted for residential use.

In 1893, architect K.F. Busse built a stone residential wing along the alley. In the early 20th century, a real school of the Polish committee was located there.

After the revolution, the estate housed a dormitory, a shoe factory, and communal apartments. During the perestroika period, English language courses were held there. By the end of the last century, the building became vacant as the last residents left.

Restoration

By 2012, the condition of the building was deemed unsatisfactory, requiring a full range of research, design, emergency, and repair-restoration work.

This estate became one of the first to be restored under the "ruble per square meter" program, which began in 2012. The auction winner received the estate on a 49-year lease for a symbolic price, committing to carry out scientific restoration. In February 2014, the restoration was completed. The interiors were restored based on photographs from 1990. During the work, wooden walls were preserved with reinforcement of load-bearing elements, interiors were restored, walls were cleaned and strengthened, historical partitions and lost decorative elements were recreated, polychrome painting was completed, and the facade, walls, ceilings, and doors were painted. The work was financed by a private investor, with total investments exceeding 235 million rubles.