The Kraszewski House () is a historic neoclassical house in

Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...

, Poland, located at 48 Mokotowska Street, within the South Downtown neighbourhood. It was constructed in 1860.

History

The building was constructed in 1863, as a residence of writer

Józef Ignacy Kraszewski Józef Ignacy Kraszewski (28 July 1812 – 19 March 1887) was a Polish novelist, journalist, historian, publisher, painter, and musician. Born in Warsaw into a noble family, he spent much of his youth with his maternal grandparents in Romanów ...

. It was designed in Neoclassical style by Francesco Maria Lanci. While living there, Kraszewski published such works as series of

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s titled ''Listy z Mokotowskiej ulicy'' (''The Leters from Mokotowska Street''). In 1863 it was sold to businessperson Leopold Stanisław Kronenberg, and later, to physician and scientist

Tytus Chałubiński Tytus Aureliusz Chałubiński (29 December 1820, Radom – 4 November 1889, Zakopane) was a Polish physician, naturalist, and co-founder of the Polish Tatra Society. His collections of natural history specimens are now held in the Tatra Mountai ...

, who lived there from 1877 to 1887.Michał Wojtcz. "Z przodu muzeum, z tyłu...", ''Gazeta Stołeczna'', p. 3, 25 August 2020, Warsaw. (in Polish)Jarosław Zieliński: ''Atlas dawnej architektury ulic i placów Warszawy. Tom 11. Miechowska–Myśliwiecka''. Warsaw: Biblioteka Towarzystwa Opieki nad Zabytkami, 2005, p. 393. ISBN 83-88372-30-0. (in Polish) The building has survived the

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without serious damage. In 1957, it began housing the student club Hybrydy, and in 1965, it was entered into the heritage list. It remains the oldest standing building at Mokotowska Street.Michał Wojtcz. "Z przodu muzeum, z tyłu...", ''Gazeta Stołeczna'', p. 3, 25 August 2020, Warsaw. (in Polish)Jarosław Zieliński: ''Atlas dawnej architektury ulic i placów Warszawy. Tom 11. Miechowska–Myśliwiecka''. Warsaw: Biblioteka Towarzystwa Opieki nad Zabytkami, 2005, p. 393. ISBN 83-88372-30-0. (in Polish) Its frontal façade features two commemorative plaques dedicated to its former residents, Kraszewski (installed in 1961), and Chałubiński.Stanisław Ciepłowski: ''Wpisane w kamień i spiż. Inskrypcje pamiątkowe w Warszawie XVII–XX w.'' Warsaw: Argraf, 2004, p. 182. ISBN 83-912463-4-5. (in Polish)

Gallery

File:Dom przy ulicy Mokotowskiej w Warszawie, dawniej własność Kraszewskiego (58884).jpg, Illustration of the building from 1879. File:Kraszewski (32).jpg, The building as seen from its courtyard. File:Tablica Kraszewski Mokotowska 48.JPG, A commemorative plaque dedicated to

. File:Tablica upamiętniająca Tytusa Chałubińskiego na ul. Mokotowskiej 48 w Warszawie.JPG, A commemorative plaque dedicated to

References

{{Authority control Śródmieście Południowe Neoclassical architecture in Warsaw Residential buildings in Warsaw Houses in Poland Residential buildings completed in 1860 1860 establishments in Poland Objects of cultural heritage in Warsaw