Formation of the Street
Metrologichna Street in Lviv is located in the Frankivskyi district, in the Novyi Svit area. It begins at Kotliarevskoho Street and ends in a dead end. Originally, until 1917, the street was named “Strila” (“Arrow”) due to the sharp angle at which it branched off from the present-day Horbachevskoho and Kotliarevskoho Streets. In 1936, it was renamed in honor of Albin Fleszar, a Polish geologist and military officer who participated in World War I. During the German occupation, from May 1942, the street was called “Stiftergasse,” in honor of Friedrich Schiller, the German poet and playwright. In July 1944, its previous name — Fleszar Street — was reinstated. The current name, “Metrologichna,” is connected to the presence of metrological institutions on the street, particularly divisions of the state enterprise “Lvivstandartmetrologiya.”
Architects and Styles
The individual residential house was built in 1910–1911 based on a design by the architectural bureau of Józef Sosnowski and Alfred Zachariewicz. Adjacent to neighboring building No. 10, the villa is part of a duo of residences surrounded by a garden, built on the slope of a hill.
What Does the House Look Like?
The building is two stories high with a basement level, and its floor plan forms a narrow strip with a single row of rooms adjoining a fire wall. The facades feature small risalits, rectangular windows without frames, and a cornice with modillions. On the garden side, there is a loggia and a parabolic gable.
Sources
State Archives of the Lviv Region (DALO), Fond 2, Inventory 1, File 703.