In the early 19th century, the property at the corner of Rozhdestvenka Street and Varsanofyevsky Lane belonged to the Burtsov merchants. In 1821, the plot was acquired by merchant Y.I. Chekoysky, and later it passed to the painter Kalmykov. No later than 1844, a stone house with a wing was built here.

In the 1850s, a women's school run by Otte was located at this site.

In 1884, the new owner, V.S. Myshetsky, reconstructed the house according to a design by architect Mitrofan Alexandrovich Arsenyev, who was actively working in Moscow. Among his notable constructions are the house of merchant Mefodiya Maraeva on Novaya Basmannaya Street and the building of the 'Lux' hotel (later 'Central') on Tverskaya Street, which belonged to the bakers Filippov. The main house was combined with the wing into a single architectural complex.

At the turn of the 19th-20th centuries and until 1904, the property belonged to Nadezhda Pavlovna Serebryakova, a hereditary honorary citizen.

In 1904, the building was acquired by the trading house 'N. Fetter and E. Ginkel'. At this time, the famous Moscow architect K.K. Gippius partially reconstructed the building and changed its facades. One of the few architectural decorations of the house became the attic with a lion mask and a sculpted caduceus, a symbol of Mercury, the god of commerce in ancient Roman mythology. Such symbols are often found on merchant mansions.

The Fetter and Ginkel firm owned metal factories, arms and hardware workshops, and an enamelware factory. From the late 19th century, it was involved in the establishment of electric stations in major cities of the Russian Empire, and later in laying intercity telephone lines, including routes between Moscow and Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod.

On the upper floors of the house on Rozhdestvenka, there were furnished rooms, while the first floor housed shops, including a dairy shop of the 'Brothers V. and N. Blandov' partnership.

In 1912, both owners, Fetter and Ginkel, passed away three months apart. They bequeathed the trading business to employees who had worked in the firm for at least five years. The enterprise became a joint-stock company.

In 1914, the construction of a multi-story income house was planned according to the design of architect V.E. Dubovsky, but due to the outbreak of World War I, the project was not realized. For the same reason, the income house of the Joint Stock Company 'I. Fitter and E. Ginkel' at the corner of Milyutinsky and Bobrov lanes was not fully completed.

During the Soviet years and until 2006, a popular 'Pirozhkovaya' (pastry shop) favored by students of MARHI and many Muscovites was located on the first floor of the building on Rozhdestvenka.

Today, the house is protected as a historically significant urban-forming object.