The traditional folk architecture house from the late 18th century, also known as the “Szczyrk House” after the surname of its last inhabitant in the 1990s, was inscribed in the register of monuments under No. 136/A on July 11, 1967, by the Provincial Conservator of Monuments. The White Cottage was moved from the Stare Miasto, the oldest district of Kalisz, from 28 Bolesław Pobożny Street to the Archaeological Reserve in Kalisz – Zawodzie.

The White Cottage is a wooden single-tract building, front-width, laid out in the shape of an elongated rectangle with dimensions of 20m x 4.5m, with a square annex from the 19th century located in the middle part of the building. A mixed wall construction was used, with log corner joints. The two-sloped roof with rafters was covered with straw thatch with a twisted ridge. The vertical, boarded gables are crowned with so-called “pazdury,” characteristic decorative elements of Kalisz folk architecture.

The external and internal walls of the building are coated with lime whitewash on a clay plaster, held in place by densely, diagonally driven wooden stakes. In two places, parts of the bare wall were left exposed, revealing the traditional method of plastering the walls with clay. The original window and door carpentry has also been preserved.

After World War II, the building was inhabited by three families. Each family occupied a separate part of the Cottage, sharing only the hallway. Over the years and with the development of construction technology, the wooden cottage was abandoned and fell into ruin. Saved as part of a European Union project, it now represents the former architecture of folk culture.