House No. 122 on Smetana Square was built in the Neo-classic style at the end of the 19th century. Despite being one of the youngest houses in the square, it has housed the second oldest pharmacy in the town ever since it was built in 1885. Moreover, it was owned by respected Litomyšl townsfolk, including the pharmacist Jan Laub who was also a member of the Regional Assembly and Burgomaster from 1901 to 1919. Laub's descendents then owned the building until it was nationalized and subsequently incorporated into the national enterprise Medika in 1950.
The building underwent partial renovation in 1969. However, its present appearance is the result of an intensive restoration carried out between 2013 and 2014. This restoration work included work on the facade and its arcade finished in white lazure, and modifications to the interior in line with its use as a pharmacy, surgery, etc. The investors entrusted architects from the design studio ellement from Zlín with the building's design. The same studio had recently finished designing modification to the townhouse housing the pharmacy Na Špitálku (01-512).
The key to its reconstruction was the “pharmacy tradition” of the building itself. This is evident in the characteristic pastel green window frames of the first storey and the artistic, snake-like design of the handrail at the entrance, a symbol of doctors and pharmacists. The same tradition is evident on the interior walls decorated with illustrations from a herbarium, created by one of the foremost Czech designers and illustrators Michal Bačák.
This sensitive approach to the reconstruction and the history of the house is accentuated by the interior modifications, such as the layout of the counters close to the original layout in Laub's time, and a small display of pharmaceutical paraphernalia in the first-floor waiting room.
Contrasting with the “poetry” of the above-mentioned interventions, there are many architectonic features, for example the glass roof of the attic window hidden behind the pedestal above the main cornice with its antique-style bust of Asclepius, or the modern forms of the interior fittings of the waiting room and surgery.
