After the fire of 1812, in 1820, the main house with wings on the sides was built along the alley. In the late 1860s, the estate was acquired by Praskovya, the eldest daughter of the famous merchant Gerasim Khlyudov. She married K.K. Prokhorov from the Prokhorov family of manufacturers, owners of the Three Hills factory, and bought a house near her father's estate by the Vysokoyauzk bridge, in the parish of the Church of the Prophet Elijah on Vorontsovo Field.
In the early 1870s, Praskovya remodeled the mansion. The main house received a rusticated first floor, the central risalit was adorned with a small curved pediment with a skylight, and the three central windows had oval tympana with stucco garlands. Convenient service buildings were erected in the courtyard.
After her father's death, Praskovya inherited her father's factories with her sisters: the Yegoryevsk paper-spinning and Norsky linen factories. Her husband, Konstantin Konstantinovich, died in 1888 at the age of 46. The Khlyudov sisters were actively involved in charity, building a whole town in Syromyatniki on the Yauza with the funds bequeathed by their father, the 'House of Almsgiving for the Poor named after G.I. Khlyudov.' After her husband's death, Praskovya opened a department for the weak and sick there at her own expense, and after the sudden death of her daughter in 1895, a free women's craft school and another building of free apartments. The architect of some of these structures was Lev Kekushev.
In the early 1900s, Praskovya Gerasimovna left the house to her only son Nikolai and moved to Pokrovka. Nikolai married Lydia Ushkova, the daughter of a well-known chemical manufacturer from Yelabuga, and they lived in this house until the revolution.
By the end of the 20th century, the house was in poor condition. In 1997, the architectural firm 'Samsung Engineering' carried out a major reconstruction of the estate, restoring the facades and interiors of the main house, as well as completely rebuilding the service buildings and wings. Currently, the estate buildings belong to Rosenergo Bank.
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