Located in the central part of Zamość – at the Great Market Square, it stands out from other townhouses in Zamość, because of the statue of St. Casimir, placed in a semi-circular niche with a conch vault on the second storey of the front elevation. 

History

The present-day townhouse dates back to the end of the 16th century, when in 1591 it was registered as the property of Hans Kuntz Bartel, a patrician from Gdańsk who had settled in Zamość. The construction was completed. In 1603, the house belonged to Murat the Greek. The construction of the townhouse was brought to an end in 1604. From 1604 to 1638, the house was owned by the pharmacist T. Puzdrowski. From 1638 to 1697, it belonged to an Armenian mayor and pharmacist – A. Owanisowicz. In the 3rd quarter of the 17th century, the second storey was added and the house was extended deeper into the plot (along today's Grodzka Street). Attics were built on the front elevation.  From the end of the 17th century and in the 18th century, it was owned by the Lubecki family. In the 18th century, half of the townhouse belonged to the Zamoyski Academy. In the first half of the 19th century, it was the property of the Malinowski family, in the second half of the 19th century – of the Malinowski and Głogowski families. Around 1936, it was owned by Maks Fuchs and Werner Rapier, around 1960 by Józef Sułek and in 1975 the townhouse was officially purchased by the Polish Teachers' Union.

In the 19th century, the attic in the façade was removed, the second floor was built and buttresses were added. The first major renovation of the building was carried out in 1937-38 under the supervision of T. Zaremba. In 1957, the exterior plasterwork was restored, the roof cladding was repaired and the window and door woodwork was renovated. Between 1972 and 1976, a major renovation was carried out according to A. Hołociński’s design. Among other things, iron-concrete ceilings were laid, the window openings on the second floor were bricked up, the roof was renovated and the beam ceilings were reconstructed. In 1999, the elevations were renovated. Between 2003-2004, full-scale renovation works were performed, also covering the courtyard.

Description

The townhouse is situated in the central part of the Old Town, in the corner of the eastern frontage of the Great Market Square. From the south, it adjoins the patrician townhouse. The house follows the “third model of Bernardo Morando”. It derives its name from the sculpture of St. Casimir in the niche on the façade of the building.  The townhouse has an oriented structure, with its front facing west. It is side-gabled Built on a floor plan of an elongated rectangle with a three-section arcade on the ground floor. Its rear part is connected with the outbuilding. The house has a two-partite plan, with a narrow hallway on the axis, and follows a two-bay design. Deep in the hallway, there is a staircase and the former remodelled passage. The first and the second floors differ with their layout. There is no hallway and rooms are arranged in an enfilade. Next to the back wall, there is a rectangular, two-storey outbuilding. The townhouse is made of bricks and covered with plaster. It has three storeys and cellars and is covered with a two-section roof with sheet metal cladding. At the junction with the outbuilding, there is a gable roof. The elevations are three-storey. On the first and the second storeys, the front elevation is three-axial. The side elevation on the ground floor is three-axial and asymmetric and on the second storey - asymmetrical and five-axial. On the ground floor, there is a three-section, semi-circular arcade facing west, with massive impost cornices at the base and one corner pillar reinforced with a buttress.

From the west, the main entrance door is surmounted by a stone arcaded portal. Rectangular windows are enclosed by surrounds. The windows on the second storey have massive, profiled window headers. On the second storey of the front elevation, in a semi-circular niche with a conch vault, there is a haut-relief stucco figure of St. Casimir. The third storey is harmoniously divided by Ionic pilasters, with contrasting dark frames in the panels and the head of a winged angel on the central pilaster. The second and third storeys of the façade and of the back elevation are painted brown and white, the arcade is painted white. The cellars, a part of the ground floor and of the first floor are covered with barrel-cross and barrel vaults. The remaining interiors on the first and second floors are covered with a flat ceiling. On the first floor, there is a reconstructed suspended wooden beamed ceiling. 

Access to the site is limited.

compiled by Ewa Prusicka, Regional Branch Office of the National Institute of Cultural Heritage in Lublin,21 November 2016

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