The idea of ​this ​building construction appeared in 1924 during a general workers' strike. The funds for the construction were collected through a deduction of 1%  from the employees salary, beginning from 1927. When the amount reached 50 thousand zlotys, the Union's initiative group announced a local competition. It was won by Tadeusz Wróbel and Leopold Karasiński, who were probably the most popular architects in Lviv at that time.

In 1933-1934 the construction was conducted in a very quick manner, as the municipal workers joined it, in their spare time, on weekends and in the evening shift.

The building is erected using Hennebique reinforced concrete frame structure and brick walls. This architecture, quite atypical of Lviv, was created under the influence of Hendrik Petrus Berlage's ideas of rationalism known due to the so-called fair use of materials meaning they had to be easily recognizable. In the décor of the façades, some influence of the Krakow school of decorativist architecture (e.g., Wacław Nowakowski) is also noticeable. At first, the building's main accent was the bay window of the staircase on the south façade. During a reconstruction in 1976-1980, the building was expanded to the west; in particular, a high stage box was added, which became a new dominant. In general, the methods of decorating the added part's façades are the same as those of the older part. This way the club looks holistic.

In the interior décor, especially in the vestibule, one can see panels of natural stone with patches of plant-themed reliefs. Brass was used, particularly for heating radiator gratings; the massive rail fencing the grand staircase is made of polished alabaster.

Apart from the theater, a bowling alley, and a library, there also was a cinema in the building. In the Soviet times, this place functioned as the Club of the Lviv Tram and Trolleybus Administration and later as the Nikolai Kuznetsov Palace of Culture.