Goldstein Palace
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The Pałac Goldsteinów or Goldstein Palace is a neo-renaissance palace in Katowice, Silesian Voivodship, Poland. It was build by Abraham and Joseph Goldstein and is located at the west end of the city centre, at .
The palace is representative for the building style of the 1870s. Both the front and the staircase inside are also typical for this era. The opulent use of marble and sandstone testifies of the owner's wealth. On every floor, there are 8 chambers.
The Goldstein brothers owned sawmills in multiple cities in Poland, also in Katowice. After a fire burned down the Katowice sawmill, the Goldstein brothers switched their main business to Wrocław. They sold the estate to the firm "Kohlen Produzenten Georg Von Giesches Erben". Before the Second World War, the local Chamber of Commerce was located in the building. From 1952 until 1990, the building housed the Towarzystwo Przyjaźni Polsko-Radzieckiej (Fellowship of Polish-Soviet friendship) and the Przyjazn (friendship) cinema. From 1960 to 1970, a theater named "12a" was in the cellars. More recently, there was a restaurant in the building, but currently it is undergoing reconstruction to become a Urząd Stanu Cywilnego (Office of Civil Status) in 2007.
The architect of the building is unknown, but historians suspect him to be from Berlin.
