Vul. Teatralna, 11 – residential building

16^th c. – two townhouses are built in the place of the present-day building: that of Konstanty (1630-1647), Tomasz the baker (1647-1767), Abicht (from the 18^th c.) and a smaller one called Kravetska (Tailor’s; 1630-1767) and later owned by Nose (from the 18^th c.); they had a two-part structure, their façades faced Teatralna street.
1763 – merging the two houses into a single one (owner Józef Poniński) which is assigned conscription no. 32 in the early 19^th century. The corner of the house facing Teatralna and Kilińskiego (now Beryndy) streets is reinforced by a buttress with a statue of a saint.
Late 18^th c. – a large plot, which adjoined the merged townhouse from the west and was formed after the town fortifications were dismantled, is assigned conscription no. 360.
1829 – a construction of two residential houses (plots nos. 32 and 360) and a guardhouse at Karl Hartmann’s cost (architect Mateo Brezani). The house on the plot no. 32 is constructed on the foundations of the two previous townhouses; the cellars and walls with a corner buttress and a sculpture are preserved. The Viennese Coffeehouse is arranged in the house under conscription no. 360. The two houses are accentuated with gables facing the Św. Ducha square.
1880 – a reconstruction of the townhouse built in 1829 which is given new Neo-Renaissance style features (architect Adolf Kamienobrodzki, sculptor Leonard Marconi).
1893 – a reconstruction of the townhouse facing Kilińskiego (now Beryndy) street.
1902 – a breakfast room and a stove for roasting coffee beans are constructed in the Viennese Coffeehouse building’s courtyard (constructor Stanisław Uleniecki).
1903 – shops with shop windows are arranged in the ground floor premises overlooking Teatralna street; the corner buttress with a statue of a saint is dismantled (architect Volodymyr Pidhorodetsky).
1905 – a reconstruction of the shop facing Kilińskiego street (architect Jan Tomasz Kudelski).
1910 – metal stairs leading to the cellars from the shop facing Teatralna street are arranged (architect Volodymyr Pidhorodetsky).
1912 – a men’s clothes shop is arranged in the premises facing Kilińskiego street.
1913 – metal winding stairs leading from the footwear shop to the cellars are arranged in the premises facing Kilińskiego street (Piotrowicz & Szumann company; architect Albert Kornbluth).
1929 – a project of building a branch of the Lviv city hall with a passage in the middle; the structure is to be constructed on the Św. Ducha square in the place of the townhouses located on Kilińskiego street and the guardhouse which are to be demolished.
1930 – new information shields.
1934 – the façade overlooking Kilińskiego street is restored at the cost of F. Iwanejko, the owner of a confectionery located in the ground floor premises; shop windows are replaced in the premises occupied by the AMO company dealing in men’s and boys’ clothes (architect Józef Thorn).
1936 – a seasonal sales shop is arranged in the premises facing Kilińskiego street.
1950s – the building is adapted for the trade school no. 2 with a dormitory and later for the vocational school no. 58.
1994-1996 – a reconstruction and adaptation of the attic.
1996 – the trade school is eliminated, the building premises remain unused.
2013 – a reconstruction and adaptation for an academic building.

The building on Teatralna street 11 is situated near the former Św. Ducha (Holy Spirit) square which was formed on the place of the dismantled Gothic church and the hospital also consecrated to the Holy Spirit. The church and the hospital were founded in the late 14^th century with the permission of the then governor of Galicia, Władysław Opolczyk. On the rear side of the ensemble there was a small cemetery which reached the western side of the town’s fortifications. In 1680 Filipowski, a nobleman, had a small stone house built for the hospital priest in the place of the cemetery. From the south the hospital was adjoined by two townhouses: a bigger one, which first belonged to Konstanty (1630-1647) and later was known as that of Tomasz the baker (1647-1767), and a smaller, corner one which was called Kravetska (Tailor’s; 1630-1767). The both townhouses faced Teatralna street. Till the early 18^th century there was a wax refinery behind the Kravetska house from the side of the town wall. In the early 18^th century the house of Tomasz the baker (the one located closer to the cemetery) passed into possession of Jan Abicht while the Kravetska house became the property of F. Nose. In 1762 Jan Abicht’s heirs sold the old house of Tomasz the baker to Józef Poniński, the voivode of Poznan, who also purchased the Nose’s house a year later, in 1763. Poniński merged the two houses into a single one which was assigned conscription no. 32 in the early 19^th century. After the town’s fortifications were dismantled, a large plot (no. 360) was formed behing the house no. 32 which stretched westward to the river Poltva. In 1780 the Holy Spirit church and the hospital were dismantled as they were ruined. A large square was formed in their place which passed into possession of the provincial administration, and not into that of the town. The area, which was not built up, became called the Św. Ducha (Holy Spirit) square.

In 1827 the Poniński’s property was bought by Karl Hartmann, a Lviv citizen, who agreed to build the town guardhouse on the Św. Ducha square at his own cost and was thus allowed to construct new buildings on the plots nos. 32 and 360. The projects of two residential houses, which were to be built on these plots (then Kilińskiego street), and that of the guardhouse were designed by architect Mateo Brezani in the same year. The construction of the three buildings was finished just two years later, in 1829. The Viennese Coffeehouse (Wiener Kaffeehaus) was arranged in the house under conscription no. 360. After Karl Hartmann, the two houses were inherited in 1848 by Klementina (Hartmann), baroness Rustel, and later, in 1856, by her daughter, Irena Rustel. The latter sold a part of the residential house no. 32 to Jan Jakob who was mentioned as its owner in 1868.

In 1870 the two houses were purchased by Antoni and Genowefa Ziber. In 1880 Antoni Ziber commissioned a reconstruction of the houses under a project designed by architect Adolf Kamienobrodzki. The latter had high gable roofs replaced with four-pitched tin ones and arranged small roof windows in the walls which had been raised; the north façades, which had been accentuated with gables, were now emphasized by Mannerist-style attics. The Neo-Renaissance architectural decoration was designed by Leonard Marconi, a well-known sculptor. Skylights were arranged above the reconstructed wooden staircases. In the same year a hall with an upper terrace was added to the Viennese Coffeehouse, under an Adolf Kamienobrodzki’s project as well. It was also then that Franciszka Sawczyńska (Ziber), a co-owner of the houses, commissioned the addition of a room for a caretaker. It was a single-storied attachment in the courtyard at the guardhouse's rear wall.

In 1893 Genowefa Ziber, with the permission of the Magistrate, reconstructed a shop in the house no. 11 facing Kilińskiego street. In 1902 a breakfast room and a stove for roasting coffee beans were constructed in the Viennese Coffeehouse building’s courtyard by constructor Stanisław Uleniecki. In 1903 architect Volodymyr Pidhorodetsky (Włodzimierz Podhorodecki) was commissioned by Franciszka Ziber to design a project of the ground floor premises reconstruction; the premises were to be adapted for shops. A project of shop windows facing Teatralna street was designed by the same architect. It was then that a buttress with a statue of a saint was dismantled which used to reinforce the corner of the house facing Teatralna and Kilińskiego (now Beryndy) streets. In 1904 a reconstruction of the shop overlooking Kilińskiego street was performed under a project designed by architect Jan Tomasz Kudelski. In 1910 the ground floor premises facing Teatralna street were rented by the Langer & SK company which had some adaptation works made; in particular, simple metal stairs leading to the cellars were arranged (architect Volodymyr Pidhorodetsky).

In 1911 the townhouse’s third floor was rented by the Building Trade Credit Society. In 1912 the house became owned by Dr Barącz, a lawyer; in the end of the same year the whole building became the property of the city, and the state employment agency was located there. The Building Trade Credit Society, mentioned above, had to cancel the rental contract. In 1912 the shop facing Kilińskiego street was rented by Hersch Bornfeld who was going to sell men’s clothes there. In 1913 these premises passed into possession of Beno Klaften, a footwear trader. It was he who commissioned the metal winding stairs leading from the shop to the cellars which were designed by architect Albert Kornbluth and produced by the Piotrowicz & Szumann, a Lviv company.

In 1929 the city authorities planned to build on the Św. Ducha square a branch of the Lviv city hall with a passage in the middle. With this end in view, the houses located on Kilińskiego street and the guardhouse were to be demolished. In 1930 the state employment agency put up new information shields. The building was in need of repair at that time; in particular, the beamed ceiling over the second floor was to be reinforced in 1933. F. Iwanejko, who owned a confectionery located in the premises facing Kilińskiego street, had the whole façade overlooking this street restored at his own cost in 1934; just two years later, in 1936, a seasonal sales shop was arranged in these premises. In 1934 the ground floor premises facing Teatralna street were bought by the AMO company dealing in men’s and boys’ clothes; new shop windows were then made there under a project designed by architect Józef Thorn. According to this project, the sculpture which had once stood on the dismantled buttress was to be placed on the façade overlooking Teatralna street. In 1936 the city address bureau was located in the building. In the Soviet time, the trade school no. 2 with a dormitory was situated in the building; later it was replaced by the vocational school no. 58.

According to the resolution of the 5^th session of the Regional Executive Committee of the Lviv Region number 393 dated 22 November 1988, the building was entered in the Register of local monuments under protection number 1039-M.

After 1991 a reconstruction and adaptation of the attic was performed. In 1996 the vocational school was eliminated, and the building premises remained unused. In 2012 the building was handed over to the Lviv Polytechnic National University; it is to be adapted for the academic building no. 33.