The Committee for State Control, Use and Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments of St. Petersburg assigned the status of a cultural heritage site of regional significance to the Martynov House, located at the intersection of Bolshaya Monetnaya Street and Kamennoostrovsky Avenue.
Until 1910, the building housed a commercial greenhouse complex, each commercial establishment of which had a specific focus: cultivation of ornamental plants, tree nursery, bouquets and summer flower gardens, cultivation of fruit trees. In 1910 the plot became the property of General of Cavalry Andrey Dmitrievich Martynov - Russian military figure, Chief of Staff of the Don Cossack Troops. By his order, architect A. Khrenov developed a project of a four-storey revenue house in the eclectic style with elements of classicism and art nouveau. Later, according to his design, a three-storey extension was realized and the project of a superstructure on the courtyard side was developed.