This modest one-story mansion, located between Prechistenka and Arbat in the former Streltsy settlement, has a richer history than it may seem at first glance. The house, built in the second quarter of the 19th century in eclectic style, has been repeatedly remodeled and has practically lost its original Empire decor.

The mansion's reconstruction was initiated by the Sabashnikov merchants, who lived in the neighboring, now non-existent house No. 6, and was intended for art workshops. From 1910 to 1927, the workshop of sculptor Anna Semenovna Golubkina was located here. Golubkina, one of the most famous Russian women sculptors, was born into a merchant family, studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, taught at the Prechistenka Workers' Courses and at VKhUTEMAS. Many of her works have become classics of easel sculpture and are housed in various museums in Russia and around the world, including the Tretyakov Gallery and the Russian Museum. One of her famous bas-reliefs, 'The Swimmer,' adorns the right entrance to the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater in Kamergersky Lane.

From 1932 to 1952, a museum of the sculptor operated in the workshop. In 1976, the museum was reopened and continues to function as part of the State Tretyakov Gallery. On this same site stood the house where Fyodor Fyodorovich Erisman, a hygienist and the founder of public hygiene and social hygiene in medicine in Russia, lived for some time.

Additionally, in the mansion that was on this property, Prince Vladimir Mikhailovich Golitsyn, the Moscow governor and city head, lived. An honorary citizen of Moscow, Golitsyn became famous not only for his contributions to the city but also for his unique diary, which he kept daily for 65 years, describing life in Moscow. In his 1917 diary, he wrote: 'What a collapse we have! We just have to endure it. When the homeland is unhappy, you feel an increased love for it.' It was under Prince Golitsyn that the first tram routes appeared in Moscow, the construction of three new stations and two power plants began, and state enterprises became profitable. After the revolution and wanderings, Golitsyn returned to Moscow with his family and settled near Bolshoy Lyovshin, in Yeropekin Lane.