Karsch and Wickenhagen Palace

The Karsch and Wickenhagen Palace is one of the most representative bourgeois buildings of the nineteenth-century Radom, erected in 1881–1882 on the initiative of local manufacturers-Teodor Karsch and Franciszek Wickenhagen. The monumental tenement house, inspired by the Warsaw Palace of Kronenberg, gained a palace form with eclectic decoration, which distinguishes it from the background of urban buildings. The three -storey building with a mansard roof and a nineteen -axis facade, fragmented with three projections, is decorated with numerous architectural details. Particularly noteworthy is the central break with the entrance gate and the balcony supported by the Atlants - massive sculptures of men performing a supporting function, which is the equivalent of female kariatyd. These effective figures not only strengthen the architectural composition of the facade, but also give it a monumental and sculptural character. Inside the building there were elegant owners 'apartments and prestigious premises - pharmacy, confectionery, court office and Russian citizens' resursa, and during the German occupation - the seat of the Eastern Railway Directorate. To this day, numerous original equipment has survived: terracotta floors, fireplaces, cast iron balustrades and stucco. Part of the palace equipment was handed over to the Museum of Jacek Malczewski and can be admired at the permanent exhibition. This object remains one of the architectural icons of Radom Śródmieście.