The two-story house, built in the "Russian style," is surrounded by the buildings of the Higher School of Printing and Media Industry of the Moscow Polytechnic University and is the oldest structure in this area. It is located on the territory of the former settlement of Petrovskie Vyselki, where peasants were relocated from Petrovskoye-Razumovskoye after 1861 due to the establishment of an agronomic educational institution. Over time, peasant houses and summer cottages appeared along the road to Nizhnie Likhobory, marking the beginning of Mikhalkovskaya Street. It is in this "dacha" part of the village, where poets V.Ya. Bryusov and V.V. Mayakovsky lived in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, that the building of interest is located. Currently, a massive building of the former dormitory of Mosrybvtuza, built in 1938 and now belonging to the Polytechnic University, separates it from Mikhalkovskaya Street.

The client and author of the construction are unknown. In the lists of monuments proposed for state protection, the building was listed as "Poorhouse, 1890." However, in 2014, after a state historical and cultural examination, it was recognized as an identified cultural heritage object under the name "Residential House, Second Half of the 19th Century." The exact purpose of the building is not established, but it is known to have been used as a residence.

Local historians claim that in the early 20th century, the house belonged to the merchants Krasilshchikovs and was rented out for a local school. There is also a version linking the building to the Kazansko-Golovinsky Monastery located nearby, indicated by its architectural style. However, there is no confirmation of this in historical descriptions of the monastery.

The architectural features of the building allowed it to be included in the list of identified cultural heritage objects. The volumetric-spatial structure of the rectangular building has hardly changed in the 20th century. The decorative design of the facades with arched window finishes, cornices, and "running" elements on the cornices, as well as the characteristic "kubyshki" on the half-columns, have been well preserved. Here, one can also see the sandriks with keystones. The larger radius arch on the right side of the main facade could symbolize the gates of an "ancient Russian courtyard." The corners of the facades are highlighted by bundles of half-columns, reminiscent of techniques from the 17th century.

The building represents significant architectural value not only for its area, where ancient houses are a rarity, but also for all of Moscow.