Dům čp. 332 House

Dům čp. 332 is a 19th-century bourgeois house in Kamenický Šenov, built in 1835. It is notable for combining a masonry ground floor with a timber-framed upper story, exemplifying the region's typical urban architecture of that era. The building has been under state monument protection since January 20, 1965.

Merchant Carl Conrath commissioned the house in 1835. It served primarily as commercial premises for the firm Josef Conrath and spol.

The main rectangular structure features a stone ground floor and a wooden upper level topped by a mansard roof, which was covered in eternit after 1948. The upper story's wooden beams were originally clad in simple planking, though this was later plastered over on at least three sides. The southwest facade consists of eight window axes, with the entrance in the third from the left. A low, open stone staircase with a simple metal tube railing provides access.

A massive sandstone portal with a semi-elliptical lintel highlights the entrance, blending Classicist elements with Baroque traditions. This portal is supported by pilasters adorned with floral motifs and interrupted by small cornices. The arch above the door is filled with repeating leaf patterns, and the keystone features a multi-petaled flower. Above, a profiled cornice with a curved center contains a stylized five-pointed star flower. Windows adjacent to the portal have decorative grilles and simple profiled sills. These are separated by wide, smooth pilasters with rectangular bases and decorative capitals reaching the inter-floor cornice. Quoining emphasizes the ground floor corners, while simple stucco banding decorates the windows.

The southeast wall has three window axes, the central ones of which are bricked up; the attic gable is masonry or plastered and contains two windows. The northwest wall features three window axes on the ground floor and two of varying widths on the wooden upper level, with a sheet-metal covered wooden attic gable. The property included significant storage, such as two separate two-story wooden warehouses attached to the northeast wall. Clad in planks and featuring iron grilles on all windows, these warehouses were linked to the main building and each other via wooden corridors.

Documentation from 1935 by Harry Palme describes the ground floor as beginning with a barrel-vaulted vestibule. To the left were a rectangular shop and a storage room; to the right lay a large packing room and a manipulation room. This level also contained a warehouse and a black kitchen. A wooden staircase leads to the first floor, which comprises a hall providing access to several rooms and a two-story storage attic. This floor also included two exhibition spaces.

The upper floor served as the residence for the building's manager, such as Wenzel Walter. A former weaver and commercial commissioner for Josef Conrath and spol., Walter lived there with his wife, Wilhelmina Zahnová. Near the entrance stands a stone pillar with a cast-iron crucifix. The SONOW association restored this monument between 2013 and 2014, and it was repaired again in 2016 following a 2015 car accident.

This site preserves the commercial and architectural character of 19th-century Kamenický Šenov. Its unique blend of materials and decorative sandstone work makes it a significant local landmark. Visitors are invited to observe this well-preserved example of bourgeois urban history.