The Golden Gate is a symbol of Vladimir. Built in 1158–1164, it was part of a large complex of defensive structures, including the Silver, Copper, Irina, Volga, Trade, and Ivan Gates, as well as earthworks none of which have survived to the present day. And at the top of the central entrance, there was a small Rizopolozhenskaya Church. On the sides of the gates there were earthworks, the gates were decorated with gilded copper.

The Kovrov Merchants' Rows were built in 1892–1893. By the beginning of the 20th century, Kovrov became one of the most important industrial centres of the Vladimir region. The town had an iron foundry, a sawmill, several brick factories, and in 1916, it saw the start of construction of Russia's largest machine-gun factory. The industry development drove the city's growth. It was time when the Merchants' Rows were established.

The Сonvent in honour of the Presentation of the Vladimir Icon of the Mother of God was founded by a decree of Patriarch Nikon in 1658. Originally wooden, the Convent was built in the centre of the town's settlement. In the inventory of the town dated back to 1678, it is indicated that in the Sretensky Convent there were '20 cells with 44 sisters in them'.  Stone construction began in the convent in 1689. Semyon Yershov sponsored the construction of the cold Sretensky Cathedral and a three-tier bell tower.
The convent buildings are adjoined by a merchant palace of the 17th century (the Shiryaevs' (Shumilina's) House).