The historic mansion on Bolshaya Ordynka is an architectural monument of the early 19th century. Originally, the house was part of the urban estate of staff captain Yevgraf Ammosovich Demidov, the grandson of the famous Russian industrialist Demidov, and was built between 1815 and 1817. Although historical floor plans have not survived, it is assumed that the original layout was typical for Empire-style estates, with a suite of grand rooms along the main facade and living quarters along the courtyard facade and in the mezzanine. According to images from 1834, the main facade of the house in the Empire style featured seven elongated window openings with wide window sills, a cornice with an attic, and a four-column portico in the center.

In 1874, the house came into the possession of lieutenant Vasily Ivanovich Pravidin, under whom the building received a stone foundation and eclectic decor. In the 1880s, the new owner was merchant of the second guild A.N. Druzhinin, who added a one-story wooden extension for the kitchen on the courtyard side, connected to the house by an internal passage. In 1882, architect D. I. Pevitsky created a new facade for the building, preserving the three-part composition with an emphasized rusticated risalit and a cornice with decorative brackets and stucco rosettes. The Empire-style window openings were enlarged and framed with decorative moldings featuring rectangular lintels and panelled window sills.

The choice of location for the Andrei Voznesensky Cultural Center is not accidental, as it was in Zamoskvorechye that Andrei Voznesensky spent his childhood and fondly remembered this place: "Oh, these courtyards of Zamoskvorechye in the post-war era! If I were asked: 'Who raised your childhood besides home?' I would answer: 'The courtyard and Pasternak.'"