Stanislav and Marie Červený’s Tenement House

The construction of the house was overseen by Stanislav Červený, the son of Václav František Červený who handled the public representation of the company, while Stanislav’s brother Jaroslav managed its operation, Bohumil took care of business affairs, and Otakar managed the branch in Kiev. Stanislav Červený was granted the title of the imperial-royal court manufacturer operating in the city of Hradec Králové.
 

The building permit was issued on 29 August 1899, with construction commencing in September of the same year. By 23 June 1900, the building was completed, and permission to use it was granted on 1 July 1900. It is noteworthy that Stanislav’s brother Jaroslav, serving as the deputy mayor of František Ulrich, signed the building permit. The architect and contractor Viktor Weinhengst, who also held a position in the city council during this time, is not only credited on the project, but on the permit as well.
 

The basement of the new building housed cellars, a laundry, an ironing room and a caretaker’s apartment. On the ground floor, there were two two-room apartments with a kitchen, toilet, and pantry, and a three-room apartment. The ground floor apartments lacked a separate bathroom, while those on the upper floors had one. The first floor featured two four-room apartments with a kitchen, bathroom, toilet, and pantry; the second floor had one four-room apartment with a kitchen, pantry, toilet, and bathroom, as well as a one-room apartment and a three-room apartment with only a kitchen and toilet.
 

The exterior exhibits significant changes and shifts in the register of elements explored by the architects. Its conception is more eclectic than the custom five years earlier. The corner bay window, along with its associated first-floor window facing the waterfront, is adorned with stucco panels featuring floral motifs and putti heads. The large three-part windows enclosed by a segmental arch and a stucco voussoir on the ground floor, as well as the large rectangular three-part windows on the first floor, suggest an emphasis on ample light in the rooms. The second floor is punctuated by smaller windows flanked by a stucco arcade with pilasters in the Tuscan style. The inclination towards neo-Baroque forms is evident in the two types of neo-Baroque gables: the gables on both sides of the corners are volute gables broken by a circular window, while the avant-corps enclosing the outer sides of the façade facing Rokycanova Street and Eliščino nábřeží Embankment are stepped. The arcades, the portico, where two columns, again in the Tuscan style, support a balcony with a balustrade, and the aforementioned bay window reference the forms of the Northern Italian Renaissance.
 

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