Formation of the Street
Dorosha Street is a small but atmospheric street in Lviv’s Lychakivskyi district, running parallel to Zelenа and Ivana Franka streets, not far from Stryiskyi Park. Its formation dates back to the late 19th – early 20th century, a period when this part of the city was actively developed with garden-style residential housing.
Originally, the street was called Modrzejowskiego Street (ulica Modrzejowskiego) — likely named after a Polish intellectual or cultural figure. During interwar Poland, it belonged to a prestigious residential neighborhood near the villa districts of Ivana Franka, Metrologichna, and Snopkivska Streets.
In the Soviet era, the street was renamed in honor of Kuzma Dorosh (1903–1981) — a Ukrainian publicist, activist, and political figure of the Ukrainian diaspora. He was head of the Ukrainian National Council in the USA and a prominent representative of Ukrainian émigré communities. The renaming followed the broader Soviet policy of assigning symbolic new toponyms after WWII.
Today, Dorosha Street retains a peaceful residential character, with low-rise housing dominating the area. Most buildings feature individual architectural elements, including traces of interwar modernism and Secession style. Some structures were altered in the second half of the 20th century, but the overall scale and layout have remained largely intact.
Builders and Styles
The building was constructed in the late 19th – early 20th century, during a period of active development in the area with villas and private homes for the Lviv intelligentsia. Its architectural style reflects features of Viennese Classicism or Secession, both of which were typical of that period in Lviv.