House at the Two Golden Bears

The first mention of the house is from the year 1403, when the house originated from two Gothic houses and a brewery. Gothic architecture remnants are found in the ground floor and basement.^[1][2] The house was rebuilt into the Renaissance style in two stages, before 1567 and before 1600.^[3] The house was enlarged during the Baroque reconstruction at the end of the 17th century. The third floor was added after 1726.^[1]

There are corridors underground that go from the basement of the house to Church of Our Lady before Týn and the Old Town Hall.^[2]

The house has a portal doorway which was built onto the house in 1590.^[3] The owner, Lorenc Stork, hired Bonifaz Wohlmut to design it. The doorway has two bears on it.^[3][4] The house has an remarkable Renaissance arcades and a portal.^[3][1]

In the mid-16th century, the house was owned by Jan Kosořský z Kosoře, famous for having printed the then-largest Czech book, the Münster Cosmography (1554).^[1] Writer and journalist Egon Erwin Kisch was born in the house,^[3] at the house is placed a plaque with his portrait.

Today, the building is owned by the Prague City Museum.^[2]