Vul. Bohomoltsia, 10 – residential building

The house is located at the corner of Bohomoltsia and Klionovycha streets. This residential townhouse is typical of the first decade of the 20th century, when houses were designed already connected to the water supply, sanitation, and electricity networks. Due to the small size of the plot this townhouse consists only of a front building and has no wings. Living and utility rooms are separated: the former overlook the street while the latter face the courtyard or have no natural lighting. Vertical communications are arranged like those in the house number 8: the back stairs are located straight behind the front stairs, thus forming an avant-corps in the courtyard. Both staircases have side lighting. In general, the architectural solution of this townhouse is similar to that of the house number 15 located across the street. Together, these townhouses create a smooth transition between the architecture styles of the two streets: the traditional Historicism of Klionovycha street and the modern Secession of Bohomoltsia street.

The townhouse has four floors and basements. It is built of brick and plastered. There are Klein system bridgings in the basements and reinforced concrete bridgings between the floors. The double-pitch roof has a structure of rafters and posts and is covered with painted tin.

The building forms a rather well lit and green common courtyard with houses on Klionovycha 7, Hulaka-Artemovskoho 9 and 11, and Bohomoltsia 8. The main entrance is located in the north façade. According to the original project, there were two apartments on each floor: a five-room one and a three-room one. All utility rooms are located inside the apartments: kitchens with larders and a room for servants nearby, toilets and bathrooms. The kitchens and separate toilets could be entered via back stairs and small galleries.

The spatial solution of the building is dominated by a cut corner accentuated by a bay window. The façades are asymmetrical. The building’s style is restrained, combining elements of the Neoclassicism and Secession. The rusticated ground floor is separated from the upper floors by a bar. The second and third floors are divided by rusticated lesenes with moulded garlands at their tops. The windows have shaped trimmings and linear pediments. The east façade balconies are supported by cantilevers decorated with Secession stucco; however, their forged railing belongs to the Neoclassicist style and has typical garlands. The fourth floor, added during a reconstruction in the interwar period, is not different in its style from the lower part of the house. The metal door of the main portal is designed in the Secession style.

According to the project, the building was to have much more decorations in the style of ornamental Secession, but this plan was not implemented. In general, given the 1928 reconstruction and subsequent alterations, the appearance of the building has changed little. The exception are the windows as most of them have been replaced by plastic ones by now.