In 1966, the left wing of the "Central" hotel was built on Lenin Street with 210 rooms, designed by architect Stenyushin with the participation of architect Ivanov. The building is adorned with a corner section featuring two porticos and Corinthian columns, uniting two large blocks with 550 rooms on Lenin and Marat Streets. Initially, it was planned that the corner tower would be topped with a belvedere, but this idea was abandoned due to the fight against architectural excesses. On the first floor, there are a jewelry store "Amethyst", a hairdresser, a cafe, and the "Central" restaurant.

Previously, there were inns on this site, and later a three-story house in the classical style was built, which housed the Poltoratsky hotel. Wealthy landowners and important guests of Kursk stayed here. There is a legend that Alexander Pushkin stayed at this hotel, but there is no documentary evidence for this. It is known that a quatrain attributed to Pushkin actually belongs to his friend Delvig, who often visited Kursk.

In the mid-19th century, the memoirist Insarsky stayed in Kursk, mentioning in his memoirs a meeting with the Bogdanov family. Later, Bogdanov's daughter, Nadezhda Konstantinovna, became a famous ballerina, glorifying Russian ballet abroad.

In the late 19th century, the hotel was managed by the widow of General Montrezor. It had 60 rooms, a buffet, and a restaurant. Academician Druzhinin recalled that Kursk came alive during the noble elections when the city was filled with noise.

After the revolution, the hotel was nationalized, and in 1921, the Theater of Revolutionary Satire (Terevsat) opened here. The theater was created at the initiative of artists, writers, and painters, including Alexander Deyneka, who later became a famous artist. The theater actively responded to events in the country and abroad, ridiculing the enemies of the revolution.

Before World War II, the building housed the "Leningrad" hotel, but it was destroyed during the war. After the war, a new building of the "Central" hotel was constructed on this site, which was called the "Kursk" hotel for some time.