The rank of a town or village and the buildings in it is many times due to the memory of prominent owners or distinguished residents. Such a situation can be seen in the case of the palace in Boltup, an estate belonging in the 19th century to an eminent scientist whose work 'The Theory of Organic Beings' was appreciated and translated into European languages.

The Śniadeckis as owners of the estate
Bołtup, located in the former Oszmiany district, which was the former estate of the Szaszkiewiczs, was purchased by Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768-1838) in 1806. The new owner contributed to the development of the centre and restructured the estate after it had been destroyed in the war of 1812. Efficient management of the estate was just one of the many skills of the landlord. The figure of Śniadecki deserves to be mentioned above all because of his achievements in the field of science. He was initially educated in Vienna, Padua and Edinburgh. He became known as a man of many talents: an eminent professor of pharmacy and chemistry at what later became Vilnius University, a very good doctor, a writer of scientific treatises (both on his leading disciplines and on philosophy), and also an author of satirical columns. Textbooks written by Śniadecki were used not only in the country, but also at German universities, among others. One of his merits was his desire to develop a specialised, native terminology. For this reason, he lectured on chemistry in Polish and published a two-volume textbook in that language - a role made all the more important by the fact that the author had to create terminology from scratch that was equivalent to the terms used in Latin. Both his scientific achievements and his attachment to his country were appreciated by his contemporaries. For example, a biography published in the Rocznik Chemii (Yearbook of Chemistry) (a year after the scientist's death) by Kazimierz Sławiński remains a testimony to Śniadecki's appreciation - the note emphasises that from an early age the chemist explored the ideals of science and patriotic values that guided him in his life and work. In addition to biographies and printed texts, portraits of the researcher were also produced, including a representation published in an album devoted to eminent Polish medics.

A key moment in the history of the Bołtup residence was the Neo-Gothic reconstruction carried out by one of the scientist's descendants - his son Józef (d. 1856) or grandson Andrzej Śniadecki (d. 1893). Work on the palace was carried out before 1876. The effect of the investment was largely annihilated by the Second World War, but traces of the presence of the famous owners were not obliterated. From the material evidence, the remains of the outbuildings, the palace park, as well as the chapel and the tombstone of Jędrzej Śniadecki, erected about 2 km. from Bołtupia, in the village of Horodniki, have survived.

Architecture of the palace
The Śniadecki residence was shaped as a relatively small-scale building. The brick residence was given a roughly rectangular ground plan, with two risalits introduced from the side of the park, with triangular gables and flanked by pinnacle turrets. A terrace with stairs leading to the garden was introduced between the risalits. Functionally, the building is sometimes compared to two wings or bodies, added to each other at right angles: a single-storey wing in the centre (with a semicircular apse belonging to the palace chapel) and a two-storey wing in the shorter side part. Both wings were covered with gable roofs. The irregularity and height differentiation of the individual parts of the residence created a picturesque effect - a desirable feature in Historicist architecture, especially that inspired by the Middle Ages. The impression was enhanced by the palace's immersion in the surrounding nature. Decorative motifs taken from the Gothic included window lintels (broken perpendicularly downwards) and pointed and donkey arches.

Photographs from the early 20th century document the appearance of some of the rooms. The décor included early 19th century furniture in classicist style (possibly dating back to the time of Jędrzej Śniadecki). The bright walls were decorated with paintings depicting portraits or landscapes, mirrors and decorative curtains.