Vul. Donetska, 1 – residential building

Zborowska (now Donetska) street in the Zhovkivske suburb of Lviv was laid in the 18^th century or earlier. A tributary of the Poltva river flowed there; it began near the brewery of Kisielki (a hydropathic establishment was opened there later), located close to the modern Znesinnia park (now it is the territory of the "Halychpharm" company), flowed along Żółkiewska (now Khmelnytskoho) street, turned to Zborowska (now Donetska) street, farther to Św. Marcina (now Zhovkivska) street and flowed into the Poltva, where a few mills were situated.

On the 1766 map of Lviv, the street is surrounded by wooden buildings and gardens.

On the 1802 map, one can see two parcels on the site of the house number 1: number 297 ¾, which was not built up, and number 298 ¾ with two wooden houses on it. Nearby, in the place of the masonry building number 5, the plot number was 322 ¾. It is this plot that the history of the house number 1 is connected with.

For a long time the plot belonged to the Benedictine convent; from 1804 it was rented for the Kisielki Barracks (Koszary Kisielki, Kisielki Caserne). Cavalry was deployed there, namely the First Regiment of Lancers. According to the contract signed on 16 September 1864, the Community of the city of Lviv purchased this plot from ​​Karol Kisielka together with his significant debt to the convent (DALO 2/1/3349:9).

As of 1914, there was a two-storied house there owned by the Community of the city of Lviv. At that time it was obviously an old house since a project of its reconstruction was designed in that same year. The project involved the replacement of the roof structure with the construction of walls for arranging a laundry; also, the staircase was to be surrounded with walls,the walls were to be plastered and two toilets and a bathroom were to be arranged on the ground floor. The Magistrate's permission was granted in April of 1914 (DALO 2/1/3349:60).

The present building was designed in 1924 as a social project of building housing for the workers of the City Cleaning Plant located nearby (vul. Zhovkivska, 18). The first project was approved in April of 1924 (DALO 2/1/3350:1). According to this project, it was to be a three-storied building. Another project containing, obviously, some amendments, was approved in July of 1925 (DALO 2/1/3350:3). The construction works were finished in January of 1926; however, not a three-storied but a four-storied house was built, relevant drawings approved by the Magistrate later. Permission for moving into the new building was granted a year later, in January of 1927. This could be connected, for example, with the building walls and foundations getting wet due to ground water and with related works to get rid of these problems.

From the mid-19^th century till the mid-20^th century most houses in Lviv were built as residential, i.e. speculative builders constructed them to profit from leasing individual apartments. This building was erected by the city at the expense of the community; the construction was commissioned by the First Department of the Magistrate. The architect of the project is unknown. The building's style is typical of the mid-1920s, particularly in the Second Polish Republic: a strict symmetry, a restrained use of Neo-Classicist elements. In Lviv, similar features can be seen, for example, in the building of the Military Quartering Fund (pol. Fundusz kwaterunku wojskowego) on vul. Horodotska, 42 (1926-1930, a project by Rudolf Indruch) and some others.

In 1944, during the German occupation, a project was designed for arranging a bomb shelter in the building's basement (DALO 2/1/3350:18-21).

Until now, the house has functioned as residential one.