At the beginning of the 18th century, the chambers of the estate of A. F. Lopukhin were built on this site. They were wooden mansions on stone cellars, connected with a mezzanine hallway. In 1718, the manor was bought by the Dutchman I. P. (John) Tames, the director of the nearby Khamovnicheskaya linen manufactory. In the 1770s and 1780s, a new house was built "on the cellars" of the old chambers, on the initiative of I. I. Tames. In the beginning of the 19th century, the house was included in the newly built Khamovnichesky barracks complex. It was called the Chef's House because it was intended for the quartering of officers and the chief (honorary commander) of the regiment. In 1817-1818 the Decembrists N. M. Murav'ev, S. I. Murav'ev-Apostol, M. I. Murav'ev-Apostol, M. A. Fonvizin, and F.P., gathered in the house of Colonel AN Muravyov, who lived in the Chef's House.