The building was built by architect Ivan Kuznetsov, a classmate of the famous Shekhtel. The project turned out to be unusual — it combines elements of Baroque, Art Nouveau and Old Russian traditions.

This building was built to accommodate offices and hotels. Among the famous tenants of the pre-revolutionary period were the company of director Khanzhonkov and the Orthodox magazine “Soul Useful Reading”.

In 1939, an interesting story happened to the Savvinsky CompOUND: the project for the reconstruction of Moscow assumed that the buildings on Tverskaya Street should either be demolished or moved. Fortunately, the farmstead fell into the category of “move”, despite the fact that the building weighed 23,000 tons. On the night of November 4, rails were brought under the base of the house and brought, and then it was moved 50 meters deep with the help of jacks. I wonder what the tenants thought in the morning when they looked out the window?

To see the building, completely hidden from the eyes of passers-by who find themselves on Tverskaya Street, you need to go to the courtyards.