Pl. Rynok, 30 – former Reguliovska/ Regułowska townhouse

During the 16th century, a new brick townhouse appeared on a lot where a gothic home gutted by fire had once stood. The owner, one Jakub Reguła, was a shopkeeper and his name has been attached to the building ever since: the Reguła Townhouse. Thereafter the house went through a succession of owners, though the 1767 tax registry continues to list the home as the “Reguła Manor”.

The building was razed in 1772 to make room for a new home for Judge Advocate Anton Dobrycki. The original foundation and external walls were employed in the new structure, preserving the structure’s triple-bay layout. A full fourth story and wings were added at the time.

The building underwent several stages of remodeling during the 19th century, chiefly affecting the wings, stairway, and washroom and sanitation facilities. In 1888 a new stairwell was built by architect Leopold Warchałowski.

Later, in 1902, Henryk Baczewski of the noted Lviv merchant clan, bought the building. In 1912 Baczewski commissioned the Michał Ulam architectural firm to handle the building’s reconstruction. The stairway was redone, the basement ceiling joists were reinforced with metal framing, and several of the walls rebricked and pointed.

In 1931, architect Ludwik Veltzé redesigned the first floor windows for the “Fabrics” textile shop which occupied the premises during the Soviet period. Following restoration early in this 21st century, the first floor and cellar now house a cafe.

On August 24, 1963, the structure was registered as national architectural monument of urban development as decreed by the Ukrainian Soviet Republic Council of Ministers, № 970, Number 326/28.