Along the even side of the boulevard from Shvedskiy Tupik, there are several low houses that have preserved the appearance of Moscow from the 19th and early 20th centuries. This row begins with the house at number 20.

The corner of the house facing Shvedskiy Tupik was altered in 1973 when the alley was opened to Tverskoy Boulevard, and part of the building was demolished. The courtyard side features a semicircular volume that belonged to the former main house of the estate. The facade facing the boulevard is unadorned and ends with a three-window portico of the former wing. One can enter the courtyard through an arch.

In 1852, Princess Olga Ivanovna Gorchakova lived in the estate. By the end of the 19th century, the house belonged to Vasily Andreevich Dashkov, a patron, collector, and director of the Public Rumyantsev Museum since 1868, as well as the vice-president of the Commission for the Construction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow. The house was registered in the name of his wife, Elizaveta Andreevna Dashkova, born Gorchakova.

On the eve of the October Revolution, his daughter Olga Vasilievna Kutaisova resided in the estate.

None of the owners changed the classical appearance of the house. It remains an old Moscow estate, preserving the memory of Moscow during the times of Gogol, Turgenev, and Bunin.

A memorial plaque is installed on the building in memory of the members of the Union of Working Youth, Zhebrunov and Barbolin, who died during the capture of the Governor's House in 1917. The plaque was installed in 1958.

Currently, one of the offices of the Independent Construction Bank is located in the building.