A large estate, originally belonging to the princes Odoevsky, is the only surviving boyar estate in Kitai-Gorod with a large courtyard that was once a garden. Inside the courtyard stands an old stone main house of the estate, facing the alley and likely built after the fire of 1737 that destroyed previous structures. Since 1777, the princes Odoevsky attempted to sell the estate, and in 1788 it was sold to the provincial prosecutor F. K. Yatsyn, who resold it two years later for 29 thousand rubles to the owner of the neighboring plot N. P. Sheremetev.
In the early 19th century, the estate passed to merchants, the Nizhyn Greeks Hadjikosta or Hadji-Konsta. Greeks traditionally settled around the Greek Nikolsky Monastery, and nearby were the estates of another Nizhyn Greek Bostanzhoghlo. During this time, another mansion was built further into the courtyard, aligned with the first mansion, featuring a beautiful wrought iron awning over the entrance, which was spoiled by renovations in the early 1990s. The extensive courtyard, where the Odoevsky garden once was, was used by Hadjikosta as a warehouse for various goods. Almost at the very end of the 19th century, in 1891-1892, a long building was constructed according to the design of architect K. F. Busse, replacing the stone single-story shops. Before World War I, the owner of the plot E.A. Hadjikosta planned to demolish all the buildings and construct a large trading arcade designed by F.O. Shekhtel, but the revolution thwarted these plans.
After the revolution, many institutions were located here, and the courtyard was used as a bus depot. Until 2013, the main house of the estate housed a scientific institute, and now it is home to a small hotel.
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