 The building was constructed during the Imperial era in 1909-1911 by Pavlo Alyoshyn.Originally the building was built in 1912 for the Kiev Pedagogical Museum that existed since 1901 and was located until 1913 in a building of the Kiev National Academic Theatre of Operetta.In 1917 the museum was liquidated and the building quartered the Central Council of Ukraine from March 17, 1917 until April 29, 1918.