Vul. Levytskoho – Veterinary Academy building
(1892, architect S. Rizek). The former main building of the academy is part of the campus of the Grzycki National Academy of Veterinary Medicine of Lviv. A memorial plaque dedicated to a former rector of the Academy, Professor Waclaw Moraczewski (1867-1950), is located on the façade of the building. The Dean’s Office of the Department of Veterinary Medicine is currently located in the building. In 2001 the construction was registered as a historic monument of local significance.
Architecture
The building is located on K. Levytskoho Street, situated far back on the plot of land, a significant distance from the perimeter constructions of the street. It was designed to stand separately on a relief declining towards the street.
This two-story building is made from plastered brick, has a complex layout and a high socle floor riveted in natural stone. The interior is corridor-based with an enfilade layout. The windows of the first and the second floors are rectangular with profiled framing. Profiled belt courses are located under the windows between the first and second floors. The entrance portal is emphasized with a profiled cornice supported by two volutes. The building is topped off with a profiled cornice that significantly juts out from the main surface. The roof is high, hipped, covered with tinplates and has skylight windows. The Dean’s Office of the Department of Veterinary Medicine is currently located here.
A bronze memorial plaque (70 x 50 cm) is located on the right side of the façade of the main building, on the level of the first floor; it is dedicated to an outstanding Ukrainian scholar and teacher, the rector of the Academy Professor Waclaw Moraczewski (1867-1950). A relief bust of this prominent scholar is located on the left side of the plaque, while on the right and bottom part of the building the following is written: “A well-known scholar and teacher, rector of the Academy, true friend of Vasyl Stefanyk, Professor Waclaw Moraczewski (1861-1950).”
The plaque was unveiled on 30 September 1997 by order No. 938 of the Head of the Lviv Regional Administration dated 12 September 1997.
In accordance with order No. 236 of the Head of the Lviv Regional Administration dated 11 March 2001 the construction was registered as a historic monument of local significance.