Formation of the street
Fredro Street is located in the Halytskyi District of Lviv, running between Knyazya Romana Street and Shevchenka Avenue. It was named after Polish playwright Aleksander Fredro in 1871, previously known as St. Nicholas Street. During WWII it was renamed Hirshstrasse (1941), restored to Fredro in 1944, renamed Havryliuka (1950–1991), and returned to Fredro in 1991
About building No. 9 (Shevchenka Ave, 27)
Builders and styles
Constructed in 1909, designed by architect Zbigniew Brochwicz-Lewiński for entrepreneur Emil Weksler. Features stylized Gothic combined with English Secessionist motifs
Ownership
Original owner: Emil Weksler. Currently listed as a protected architectural and historical monument.
Appearance
A four-story brick townhouse with a trapezoidal footprint, featuring three facades with bay windows and corner turrets topped by a steep roof. The façade integrates modernized Gothic and Secession elements: segmental arches on the ground floor, vertical gables, and decorative towers
Interesting facts
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Built on the site of a former Fredro family garden adjacent to a Poltva-covered stream and a bridge with a statue of St. John of Nepomuk.
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From 1909 to 1944 the ground floor housed the “Szkocka” (Scottish) café, a meeting place for the city’s mathematicians, including Stefan Banach, leading to the development of the “Scottish theory” of functional analysis
Current use
Now operates as the Atlas Deluxe Hotel, with café and office spaces.
References
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Interactive Lviv — “Prospekt Shevchenka, 27”
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Dивись.Info — historical overview
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Pradidivska Slava — building description