Grodno. Yamont's house (Karl Marx St., 3).

       In the city of Grodno, Karl Marx Street runs from Sovetskaya Square to the bus station. It starts from the Church of Francis Xavier. The length of the street is about 700 meters. During the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the street was called Ozerskaya, and led from the Shopping Area.

              At that time, the street was considered one of the trade centers and numerous shops and commercial organizations were built here. In the 16th century, artisans lived mainly on the street. Then the street led east to Skidel. In the 17th and 18th centuries, gentry manors and religious buildings began to prevail on the street. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the architectural complexes of the brigades and the Jesuit monastery were built. At the corner of the street and the Trade Square in the 16th – 18th century, the Batorievka, or Sapieha Palace, was built.

            During the time of the Russian Empire, the street's name was Kupechenskaya. If you start walking from Sovetskaya Square, then on your left you have the Church of St. Xavier, and on your right is the three-story corner building of Batorievka (K. Marx, 1).

               The next building on the right is No. 3. It is a stone two-storey house. At the beginning of the 20th century, during the Russian Empire, there was a stone Yamont house here, and sometimes his last name is written as Yamant. Then the house belonged to Jakub Lubitsch. In 1911, Chaim Shapiro, who worked as a doctor, lived here.

            During the time of the Polish state in 1928, Josel Kaplan's bakery and Y. Berka's store operated in the building. The old building was destroyed during the Great Patriotic War in 1944.

            The house was restored in the 1990s and 2000s. The 'Grodno Cafe' is currently operating here.