Vul. Bohomoltsia, 11 – residential building

The townhouse is located in the row housing of Bohomoltsia street, its main façade overlooking the green square in the center of the street. It is designed in conjunction with the house number 9 and the factory building located behind it. Due to their architectural solution the two townhouses look as a whole. Generally speaking, these houses are typical examples of the residential townhouses of the first decade of the 20^th century. They are built with the use of modern materials and constructions and with the connection to pipelines and networks. Stylized elements of the Historicism and Secession are combined in their decorative solution.

The building has three stories; it is built of brick and plastered. The basements are covered with Klein vaults; the bridgings between the floors are flat and supported by metal I-beams. The attic floor is wooden. The roof’s wooden structure of rafters and posts was first covered with tin painted dark red; now it is covered with slate plates. Forged metal elements (balcony railing) and stucco are used in the façades décor.

The building is L-shaped in plan and has a small lateral wing.  An entryway leading to the staircase is located on the edge of the main façade. According to the original project, each floor of the house was occupied by one five-room apartment where two rooms overlooked the square and three rooms faced the courtyard. Each apartment contained utility rooms: a kitchen, toilets and a bathroom.

The façade is divided in a manner typical of the Historicism: the ground floor, covered with French rustication, is separated from the upper floors by a bar. The upper floors façades are divided by lesenes. The windows are decorated with stylized trimmings and pediments; there is a stylized Neo-Baroque attic above the wide cornice. Some details have a clearly Secession-style nature: moulded flowers in window trimmings, in the frieze under the crowning cornice, and on the attic, as well as textured surfaces made of plaster on the attics. The gate’s woodwork belongs to the Neoclassicist style.

Today the house is redesigned and adapted for the offices of public prosecutors and the Planning Institute. The reconstructed attic is used; the roof, where some dormers were arranged, has been replaced. The façades have been restored and are in good condition. An authentic staircase with forged metal railing in the Secession style has survived.