Hus's house, Evangelical church headquarters in New Town, Prague, Czech Republic
Hus's house at Jungmannova 9 (No. 22/I) in Prague's New Town began as a medieval house, later rebuilt in Renaissance and early Baroque styles. In 1923 architect Bohumír Kozák raised the two-storey building by three floors and gave the street facade a Cubist treatment, with a statue of Jan Hus by Ladislav Kofránek on a corbel at its centre.
The house is originally medieval, rebuilt in Renaissance and early Baroque styles. Architect Bohumír Kozák gave it its present form in 1923 for the Synod Council of the Czech Evangelical Church, raising the two-storey building by three floors and giving the street facade a Cubist treatment. In 1935–1936 a five-storey Functionalist building was added in the courtyard, also by Kozák.
The facade carries a Cubist statue of Jan Hus by Ladislav Kofránek, framed by the inscription "Central Office of the Czech Evangelical Church" and reliefs of an open Bible with alpha and omega and the Lamb. The building has served the Czech Brethren Evangelical Church since the 1923 reconstruction.
Hus's house stands at Jungmannova 9 in Prague's New Town, not near Vinohrady. The street facade and courtyard building hold church offices, Kalich publishing with its bookstore, a guesthouse and the Kalich theatre, so entry is for visitors to those institutions rather than general sightseeing.
The facade statue of Jan Hus, carved by Ladislav Kofránek, sits on a corbel between reliefs of an open Bible with the letters alpha and omega and the Lamb. The two-storey medieval core was raised by three floors in 1923, and the Cubist cornice separates the new levels from the old.
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