Vul. Panasa Myrnoho, 22 – residential building ID: 2483

This two-story detached house with an attic floor was constructed between 1925 and 1933 as part of the "Vlasna Strikha" housing cooperative, following standard design No. 3 executed by architect Kazimierz Weiss for Stanisław Obmiński. It serves as an example of "manor house style" architecture. The building is a designated architectural landmark of local significance, assigned preservation number 2704 by decision No. 374 of the Lviv Regional Executive Committee on April 15, 1994.

Story

Vul. Panasa Myrnoho is located in the Sykhivskyi District of Lviv, in a neighborhood locally known as "Novyi Lviv". During the Polish period, it was named Kozielnicka and Własna Strzecha streets. In the 1920s, development began on the "Vlasna Strikha" neighborhood, which stretches along present-day Panasa Myrnoho and Energetychna streets (the former name of the latter being Nad Jarem). The street received its current name in 1946 in honor of the Ukrainian writer and playwright Panas Myrnyi (1849–1920).

On September 19, 1925, guided by the building statute of 1885, the city magistrate granted permission to the leadership of the "Vlasna Strikha" Cooperative to construct 24 standardized houses (ДАЛО 2/2/772:2). These houses were to be built along both sides of vul. Panasa Myrnoho (formerly ul. Kozielnicka) on plots purchased from the municipal community, based on three previously developed project variations. Initially, it was planned to build 14 houses according to standard design No. 1, 7 houses according to No. 2, and 3 houses according to No. 3 (ДАЛО 2/2/772:5). However, on March 12, 1930, the distribution changed: 6 houses under standard design No. 1, 10 houses under No. 2, and 8 houses under No. 3. To develop vul. Panasa Myrnoho (ul. Kozielnicka), the magistrate laid a road (costing 80,639 zł) and, simultaneously, a sewer line trench for utility installation (costing 16,050 zł). These costs were distributed among the residents of the three house types: Type 1 — 72.45 zł; Type 2 — 68.90 zł; and Type 3 — 69.35 zł (ДАЛО 2/2/772:3).

The entire ensemble of the cooperative follows the architecture of the "manor house style", which actively developed throughout Poland starting in 1912. Standard design No. 3 exhibits the fewest features of romanticized Neobaroque, instead embodying the ideals of minimalist Classicism.

The earliest records indicating the completion of construction are dated October 1, 1928, and the occupancy permit for this house was issued on December 10, 1928. However, construction likely lasted significantly longer, as documents in this file indicate another building permit date: June 27, 1931 (ДАЛО 2/2/772:12). On March 6, 1933, the homeowners petitioned the magistrate for permission to construct a garage on the plot (ДАЛО 2/2/772:12).

Today, the building survives in its original form, with the exception of piecemeal replacement of the original joinery.

Architecture

This two-story manor-type house was built in 1925–1933 according to standard design No. 3 by architect Kazimierz Weiss. Each floor of the building was designed as a separate apartment, whose owners shared the surrounding garden. The structure is brick, plastered, with a steep hipped roof clad in ceramic roof tiles.

The building contains:

at the basement level: a room, kitchen, anteroom, laundry room, toilet, vestibule, three storage rooms, and a stairwell;
at the first-floor level: four rooms, an anteroom, kitchen, toilet, bathroom, maid's room, storage room, and a stairwell;
the second floor (mansard style): had a layout similar to the first floor;
above the second floor: an attic space.

Twenty-four such houses were constructed simultaneously. Unlike neighboring properties, standard design No. 3 lacks the central façade columns characteristic of the manor house style, as well as an ornate, delicate pediment topping the central vertical axis.

Compositionally, the façade is divided into three sections: a central section and two side sections. Highly minimalist pilasters are arranged symmetrically on both sides of the central vertical axis. The central axis itself is further defined by an avant-corps, which extends past the main elevation surface at the attic level. Within the avant-corps, one window is set horizontally, and three are arranged vertically, with the highest one illuminating the attic. A triangular tympanum was positioned above the window. This façade configuration is repeated on all four sides of the square plan. However, on the street façade and one of the side façades, porches appear with stairs decorated on both sides with concrete spheres. High hipped roofs covered in ceramic roof tiles complete the spatial and volumetric design of the house.

People

Stanisław Obmiński –– client and first owner of the house.
Kazimierz Weiss –– architect who developed the design for the house.

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