Vul. Virmenska, 17 – former Emenovich townhouse ID: 2337
A two-story residential building – a converted Renaissance townhouse that retains its original layout. It is a monument of architecture and urban planning of national importance (protected site No. 321).
Story
In the 17th century, the building belonged to the Eminovich family. The Eminovich House is listed in the records of 1662 and 1767. In the mid-18th century, it became the property of the Lubkovsky family. In 1769, Petro Lubkovsky carried out a reconstruction, which, however, did not change the volumetric and spatial structure of the building.
In the 19th century, only minor repairs and renovations were carried out.
According to Resolution No. 970 of the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR of August 24, 1963, the building is a monument of architecture and urban planning of national importance (protected site No. 321).
Restoration work was carried out in the 2010s.
Architecture
A two-story terraced house located on a narrow, elongated plot. The rear section faces 20 Lesia Ukrainka Street. It is a two-story brick building with white stone masonry on the ground floor. Together with the modern house at 20 Lesia Ukrainka Street, it retains the original three-wing layout of the Renaissance period: a front stone house, a long elongated courtyard with an outbuilding (wing), and a rear stone house. Reconstructions and repairs in the 18th–19th centuries did not change the structure of the building, so it retained its authentic layout and number of floors.
The front facade is asymmetrical, with three windows and a restrained decorative design. The portal with a gentle arch opening is located on the side axis of the facade, above which hangs a balcony with an openwork metal railing. The gate of the portal leads to a passageway, at the end of which is the entrance to the staircase. A side outbuilding with a gallery on consoles stretches along the courtyard. An authentic Renaissance portal has been preserved on the second floor of the rear facade.
People
The Eminovichs were an Armenian merchant family who received nobility after 1648, when Murad Eminovich paid part of the ransom to the Cossack army that surrounded Lviv.The Lubkovskys were the owners of the house.
Petro Lubkovsky was the author of the reconstruction project.
Sources
- Державний архів Львівської області (ДАЛО) 2/1/1195. Справа перейменована: ДАЛО 2/1/1171. URL: https://e.archivelviv.gov.ua/file-viewer/227950#file-736414
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