The small neoclassical mansion on Granatny Lane was built in 1899-1900 for Vilhelmina Ivanovna Reck, the wife of the well-known entrepreneur Yakov Andreevich Reck, founder of one of the largest construction companies in Moscow, the Moscow Trading and Construction Joint Stock Company.

At the turn of the century, Yakov Reck introduced a new European concept in Moscow: the construction of "turnkey" mansions, fully ready for living and intended for subsequent sale. His goal was, as he himself said, to "beautify Moscow with stylish houses that, possessing the technical conveniences of Western European urban buildings, would retain the national color of Moscow." As part of his construction company's activities, Reck built numerous mansions in the style of Art Nouveau and neoclassicism. The mansion on Granatny Lane was likely one of these projects.

The building is constructed in the neogreek style with elements of neoclassicism, and the well-known architect Vladimir Vladimirovich Sherwood participated in its design. In 1905, an extension was added to the building, designed by another well-known architect of the early 20th century, Vladimir Dmitrievich Adamovich. The asymmetrical facade is adorned with elegant stucco decor, window moldings, cornices, and friezes with ancient themes, with the large window of the extension standing out prominently. The portico on the second floor, located above the entrance, is decorated with two columns of the Ionic order and topped with a pediment. In the interiors of the mansion, some decorative furnishings in the neoclassical style have been preserved.

After the construction was completed, the mansion was sold to Nikolai Alexeevich Protopopov, a first guild merchant and hereditary honorary citizen. Protopopov rose to the rank of actual state councilor, was elected from the Moscow merchant class, managed the Russian Red Cross Society, and was an honorary member of the Council of Children's Shelters. He was actively involved in charity, notably financing the construction and maintenance of the Moscow Commercial Institute and the creation of the Assyrian Hall in the Museum of Fine Arts. Protopopov was connected to the family of merchants Bakhrushin, and his wife was Klavdiya Alexandrovna Bakhrushina.

In the last years before the 1917 revolution, the mansion was owned by Semyon Alexandrovich Nazarov, a hereditary nobleman.

After nationalization, various Soviet institutions were housed in the building, such as the Supreme Military Council of the People's Commissariat for Military Affairs and the dormitory of the Red International of Trade Unions.

Currently, the mansion houses the Embassy of the Republic of Tajikistan.