The ancient Kadashevskaya sloboda in Zamoskvorechye was one of the wealthiest Moscow slums of the 17th century. The origin of its name still causes disputes. According to one version, it is related to the fact that the residents engaged in cooperage, making barrels and kegs. According to another version, the name comes from the Turkic word "kadash," meaning "comrade." In the 17th century, the sloboda housed a large weaving production, and later it, like all of Zamoskvorechye, became a merchant district of the city.

Merchants, being solid and home-loving people, built sturdy wooden and stone mansions. In the 2nd Kadashevsky Lane, which preserves the memory of the ancient sloboda, there are many such houses. One of them, house 3, was built in the 18th century and changed several owners. The last pre-revolutionary owner was the famous Moscow sausage merchant N. G. Grigoryev, who remodeled it at the end of the 19th century. Grigoryev was born in 1845 in the village of Ratmanovo, Uglich district, in the family of a serf peasant. At 16, he came to Moscow and began selling pies. Over time, he saved money and opened a small sausage shop in Okhotny Ryad. In 1876, he joined the merchant guild, and two years later, he purchased a house in Kadashevsky Lane, where a small sausage factory was located. Grigoryev installed a three-horsepower locomobile at the factory and began producing sausages and cold cuts, as well as smoking and boiling tongues. Production expanded, and he bought neighboring houses for workers' dormitories, while he acquired a mansion in the 1st Kadashevsky Lane. The old house retained the factory office and warehouses.

By 1911, about 100 employees and 200 workers were employed at the sausage and grocery factory "Trading House N. G. Grigoryev and Sons." The firm had six large stores in Moscow, and its products were exported to Europe. The factory was a "Supplier to His Imperial Majesty's Court" and received gold medals at exhibitions in Paris and London.

After the revolution, Grigoryev's property was nationalized. He returned to his village, where he died in poverty in 1923. The factory continued to operate during the NEP years but was later repurposed. Since the 1950s, part of its workshops housed the Moscow Experimental Canning Plant, which produced dry concentrates for long-distance sailing. The mansion in the 2nd Kadashevsky Lane has survived and is now under state protection.