The two-story brick building is located on the northwestern corner of the former Novosobornaya Square. It was built in the early 20th century. In the 1980s, a three-story wing was added to the northern side of the building.

The school opened on September 19, 1916, thanks to the will of Borisoglebsk merchant Afanasy Kuzmich Dolgov, who in 1906 bequeathed his entire capital of 45,000 rubles to establish a women's vocational school for children from poor families.

In addition to the bequest, the school was funded by annual subsidies from the city duma (2,000 rubles), the county zemstvo (2,000 rubles), the provincial zemstvo (1,500 rubles), and the Ministry of Public Education (5,000 rubles). The school accepted girls who had completed primary school, and the education lasted five years. Core subjects included sewing and various types of handicrafts, while the first three grades also taught general education subjects. The teaching staff included a headmistress (V.I. Skrynnikova, a graduate of the Petrograd Higher Women's Courses), two teachers of general education subjects, five craft teachers, a law teacher, as well as teachers of drawing, drafting, and singing. In 1916, 42 girls aged 13-14 entered the first grade.

The school building, one of the most interesting in the city, is designed in the neoclassical style. The compact rectangular structure has a rounded southeast corner facing the square.

The southern and eastern facades are symmetrical and executed identically, except for the entrance section, which extends the eastern facade. The walls of the first floor are divided by rusticated pilasters and topped with a frieze under the cornice. The windows are small and rectangular. The second floor is distinguished by porticos: in the center of the southern and eastern facades are four-column porticos, while in the rounded part, there is a two-column portico. The half-columns of the porticos support an entablature, above which rise stepped attics. The central axis of each portico is emphasized by a triple window, above which is a semicircular niche. The windows on the second floor are rectangular and large, with profiled frames.

The internal layout of the building is corridor-based.