Built in 1858 by John Gawlik, a Polish immigrant from upper Silesia and a stone mason, this is the oldest stone home in Panna Maria. Its features reflect rural upper Silesian homes, including steeply pitched gable roofs with large overhangs covering the porch, two small windows for ventilation, and interior meat smoking rooms connected to fireplaces. Gawlik also assisted in building Panna Maria’s Immaculate Conception Church and other local homes. John and his wife, Johanna, lived in the home until Johanna’s death in 1899, after which the property was owned by the Theo and Eva Pollok family and later by subsequent generations of the Emma and Joe J. Janysek family.