When visiting the Dutch ambassador at his residence on Kalashny Lane, house 6, it is worth paying attention to the architecture of the building. The baroque-renaissance forms, flat central risalit, ornate bay window above the arch, and lion heads alternating with flowers on the stucco cornice transport the attentive viewer back to the time of its construction.

In 1887, architect A.M. Shcheglov built this house for publisher Vladimir Vasilyevich Dumnov. Shortly before, Dumnov had taken over the publishing firm "Heirs of the Salaev Brothers," which was managed by his wife, the niece of the former owner Fyodor Ivanovich Salaev. The Salaev publishing house specialized in classical literature, but under Dumnov, by 1914, it became one of the largest publishers of educational literature for schools. However, by that time, the house on Kalashny Lane no longer belonged to Dumnov. In the 1890s, he sold it to engineer Nikolai Lvovich Markov and moved to the neighboring Maly Kislovsky Lane. By a remarkable coincidence, his second house is now also occupied by an embassy, but that of Estonia.

The new owner, engineer Markov, began reconstructing the house in 1896. The work was carried out by his nephew Nikolai Evgenyevich Markov, who, in addition to participating in the State Duma and leading the Black Hundreds, had architectural talent.

In 1915 and 1916, the house changed owners again, becoming the property of hereditary honorary citizen A.M. Popov. The estate was reconstructed by modernist architect Vladimir Matveyevich (Moritsevich) Mayat, who updated the interiors of the mansion but did not change its exterior appearance.

After 1917, the house was requisitioned and handed over to the German Red Cross. In the 1930s, it housed apartments for employees of the German embassy. The building retained its status as a foreign settlement.

Currently, the mansion houses the embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.