This wooden house on the corner of ul. Krupówki and ul. Nowotarska was the first hotel in Zakopane, established in 1885 by Romuald Kulig. Built with eighteen guest rooms, a restaurant, and billiard room, it remained the town's largest hotel until 1898. In the 1890s, a horse-drawn omnibus stop functioned right outside the building, marking the very beginning of public transportation in Zakopane.