The Arcaded house (the Archives) At the Town Gate – in the place of the present Arcaded house – there stood the customs officer’s sentry box. Although customs duty on passing under the gate is not required any more, the entrancing spectacle of the suddenly revealed downtown, the old houses encircling Jurisich Square, and the harmony of the charming churches make us stop and contemplate. Next to the Heroes’s gate on the left you can see the so-called Arcaded house which was built in 1774 in the fashionable style of Upper Hungary. In this place József Jakab Bittner a musician from Boroszló, established ball rooms. After the great fire in 1777 flats were built here and under the arcades a butcher’s started to work. The arches were walled up in 1842 and they were opened again in 1959. In the building there has been the Town Archives since 1971. Its archival materials are dated back to 1328. Among the documents there are the historically important 35 charters.