Street Formation
From 1863 to 1871, the street was known as Sankt Georgseitengasse (“St. George’s Side Street”). From 1871 to 1885, it was called Pyvovarska (“Brewery Street”) due to the presence of a brewery, which was later replaced in the 1930s by the Narodna Lichnytsia (People’s Clinic). In 1885, the street was renamed after Polish priest and preacher Piotr Skarga. During the German occupation, beginning in 1941, it was named Spitalstrasse (“Hospital Street”). In July 1944, its prewar name, Skarga Street, was reinstated, but in December of the same year, it was changed again — this time to Pirogova Street, in honor of Russian surgeon Nikolai Pirogov. The current name — Yevhen Ozarkevych Street — has been in use since 1992, commemorating the founder of Ukrainian medicine in Galicia.
Builders and Styles
The building at 2 Ozarkevycha Street was constructed in 1904, based on a collaborative design by architects Ivan Levynskyi, Oleksandr Lushpynskyi, and Tadeusz Obmiński. It was built in the Secession style with elements of Hutsul folk art.
Who Owns It?
The building was commissioned by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.
What Does the Building Look Like?
The Metropolitan invested 84,000 crowns in constructing the three-story building (originally two stories). Its architectural character was defined by a wooden Boiko-style roof with decorative elements, a richly ornamented cornice, and smooth walls adorned with vibrant majolica tiles.
The window friezes and surrounds on the second and third floors were made from high-quality, multicolored ceramics produced by the I. Levynskyi factory. Their design was based on Ukrainian embroidery motifs, featuring a color palette characteristic of Hutsul folk art: brown, yellow, green, and white.
Interesting Facts
The interiors of the dormitory and its chapel were decorated in 1911–1912 by artists Mykhailo Boychuk and Yevhen Sahaidachnyi. In August 1914, the building served as the first gathering point for the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, and in 1915, it became a shelter for the wounded known as Zakhyst USS (Riflemen’s Protection). At the turn of 1915–1916, the ailing Ivan Franko stayed in this facility. The building also housed the theological seminary of the Studite Fathers Monastery, where Klymentiy Sheptytsky served as hegumen.
Under Soviet rule, the dormitory building was joined with the former People’s Clinic, and two additional floors were added. Some fragments of the original ceramic tile decorations with Ukrainian ornamentation have survived to this day.
What Is It Now?
Today, the building houses the separate unit “3rd City Clinical Hospital of Lviv” of the Municipal Non-Profit Enterprise “Lviv TMO 3”, as well as a pharmacy point, Pharmacy No. 43.
Sources and Literature
Melnyk B. V. Index of Modern Names of Streets and Squares of Lviv // Directory of Renamings of Lviv Streets and Squares. 13th–20th Centuries. — Lviv: Svit, 2001. — ISBN 966-603-115-9.
Melnyk I. V. The Streets of Lviv. — Kharkiv: Folio, 2017. — ISBN 978-966-03-7863-6.
Dyakivska Bursa, or Little-Known Photographs of the Shelter for Wounded Ukrainian Sich Riflemen in Lviv • Photographs of Old Lviv
