Yevgraf Vasilyevich Tatischev, son of the famous historian Vasily Nikitich Tatischev, owned a plot on Petrovsky Boulevard in the second half of the 18th century. On this land, he built a city estate, which included the main house, two wings, and a service building. The name of the architect, who worked in the style of Moscow classicism, is unknown, but sometimes the project is attributed to M. F. Kazakov or one of his close associates.

After Yevgraf, the estate was inherited by his son Rostislav, who adorned the house with paintings from his collection. One of the rooms was completely decorated with mirrors, which, according to the memories of E. P. Yankova, was unusual for that time. Rostislav Yevgrafovich was proud that Emperor Paul I once visited his house. After his death, the house passed to his daughter Elizabeth, the wife of Prince S. S. Vyazemsky, and then to her daughter Varvara Sergeyevna Yershova. In the 1860s, Varvara sold the estate to merchant Lev Ivanovich Katuar, who in 1869 commissioned architect A. S. Kaminsky to partially reconstruct the house and wings. After Katuar's death in 1899, the estate passed to his sons Andrei, Georgy, and Lev, who owned it until 1917.

During the Katuars' time, part of the estate housed the editorial office of the newspaper 'Courier,' published from 1897 to 1904. In Soviet times, it was home to the Research Institute of Reflexotherapy, and later the Research Institute of Traditional Healing Methods.

To this day, the internal layout of the main house has been preserved, featuring a grand vestibule and an enfilade on the second floor.