In the early 20th century, Moscow had two churches dedicated to Saint Paraskeva Friday, located in Zaneglimye and Zamoskvorechye. This is not a coincidence, as Paraskeva has long been considered the patroness of merchants, attracting Moscow's traders. In Zaneglimye, on Okhotny Ryad, one of Moscow's main trading centers was located next to the church. In Zamoskvorechye, where the musketeers settled in the 16th century, merchants eventually established themselves. Both churches were demolished shortly after the revolution, but their memory lives on in the name of Friday Street, one of the main streets of Zamoskvorechye alongside Bolshaya Ordynka.

On Friday Street, merchant mansions have been built since ancient times. One of them is located at No. 15, where various ancient buildings can be found. In the depths of the courtyard behind the fence stands a small two-story house with a facade facing the street. In the left part on the first floor, the old window frames have been restored. This is a chamber from the late 17th to early 18th century, later rebuilt. The house is now numbered 13, although it once formed a single entity with the neighboring house No. 15, but they are now separated not only by numbering but also by a fence. House No. 15, a cozy mansion with a wooden mezzanine, was built after the fire. Before the revolution, it belonged to merchant Marfa Dmitrievna Bulochkina. In 1918, the right part of the estate was occupied by the Cheka, then the NKVD, and later the 47th police station, which left the building a few years ago. Thus, the house was divided into two parts. If you walk through the courtyard and enter under the arch, you can see the entrance to the cellar on the left in the backyard, which takes us back to the 16th century. The house turned out to be significantly older than it seems from the street and hides an ancient cellar beneath the cultural layer. The original owner is unknown, but the building has been rebuilt multiple times, especially in the 18th century and after the fire of 1812, in accordance with the architectural fashion of that time.

The right wing of property No. 15, facing the red line of Friday Street, was built recently but skillfully styled to resemble the 19th century.