This two-story house at the corner of Bolshaya Nikitskaya and Gazetny Lane is a typical example of Moscow architecture from the early 19th century. Its foundation may consist of chambers from the mid-18th century, belonging to Fyodor Ivanovich Knutov, a well-known military and state figure of the Russian Empire. After his death in 1783, the plot passed to merchant A.T. Zaikin, who also owned the neighboring house. Thus, by the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, the entire block on Bolshaya Nikitskaya was in the hands of the Zaikin merchants.

The chambers burned down in the fire of 1812, and on the plan drawn up nine years later, they were still marked as "burned collapsed structure." In 1826, the new owner, merchant A.A. Muromtsev, built the existing two-story building, which faces the corner of Bolshaya Nikitskaya. During the restoration, the main part of the house with a grand enfilade on the second floor was turned towards the lane, while three axes, a gate, and a small wing connected to the main house face the street. The facades of the house have almost no decoration but stand out with classical proportions and solidity. The corner part with the facade facing the lane is lower and adorned with Empire-style keystones on the windows. The right part is taller and has Empire-style stucco decorations in the form of shields and laurel wreaths. In the 1830s, the lower floor of the house housed a tavern called "Nikitsky Monastery."

In 1832, the property passed to Prince Vadbolsky, who had many daughters and no sons. Like Prince Tugoukhovsky from A.S. Griboedov's comedy "Woe from Wit," he took his daughters to balls to arrange their marriages, which required hiring several carriages. Not all daughters got married, and the remaining unmarried princesses owned the house until their death. The house then passed into the hands of merchants. It was first acquired by merchant A.G. Neishtadt, the owner of a trading house dealing in gemstones. In the early 20th century, he was replaced by merchant N.F. Eggers, who, with her husband, first guild merchant Nikolai Borisovich, had a shop in the Zakharin house. After her husband's death, she sold the house to N.A. Shturn. By the end of the 19th century, the house was converted into a rental property: shops with separate entrances appeared on the Nikitskaya street side, and apartments were rented out above.