Vul. Doroshenka, 45 – residential building ID: 710

This residential building, part of the street's perimeter block development, is set back from the building frontage line and situated on complex terrain. It was constructed according to a 1938 design by architect Solomon Keil for Józef Minzer. The structure serves as a characteristic example of Lviv residential architecture from the 1930s.

Architecture

The building was constructed in the Functionalist style. It is a five-story brick structure, plastered and nearly rectangular in layout. The internal layout is of a sectional type, featuring two sections per floor, with reinforced concrete ceilings. The main entrance is shifted to the left, recessed into the plane of the façade wall and emphasized by a column. In the composition of the principal elevation, the primary role is played by a rhythmic row of window openings, which are vertically joined by recessed panels and separated by pilasters. The first floor is decorated with banded rustication.

As a designated monument, the building is a characteristic example of Lviv's residential architecture from the 1930s.

Related buildings and spaces

Vul. Doroshenka
Petra Doroshenka Street lies between Svobody Boulevard and Bandery Street. Its previous names were: Sykstuska (or Sixtuska Gasse up to 1938), Obrony Lwowa (1938-1940), Sykstusstrasse (1941-1944), and Zhovtneva (1940, 1944-1992). This street arose in place of a road that once led from the medieval city walls to the estate of Erasm Sikst/Erazm Sykst, mayor of Lviv in the early seventeenth century and famous medical doctor. In the early twentieth century, the Historicist rental houses were partly replaced by Jugendstil buildings, and later Constructivist ones. 1894 saw an electric tram line being laid in the lower part of the street, leading from the Central Train Station to the Hetmanski Bulwarks, where it forked, leading to the Galician County Fair in Sofijówka, and through the Rynok Square to Lychakiv/Łyczaków. In November 1918 bitter fighting went on for the building of the Main Post Office between Ukrainian and Polish troops.
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Vul. Doroshenka

Sources

Державний архів Львівської області (ДАЛО) 2/1/3762

Citation

Khrystyna Kharchuk. "Vul. Doroshenka, 45 – residential building". Lviv Interactive (Center for Urban History). URL: https://lia.lvivcenter.org/en/objects/doroshenka-45/

Author(s): Khrystyna Kharchuk

Language editor: Uliana Holovata