Building on Kalicha Hora St, 22

Polish sources tell that the house was owned by Beata Obertynska – the granddaughter of Wanda Monnet (Arthur Grottger’s fiancée), daughter of the poetess Maryla Wolska and oilman Wacław Wolski.

Wolski-Obertynski family also owned the villa “Zasvittia”, which is located nearby, at No. 24.

The house is skillfully integrated into the street landscape. A front lawn is designed around the house. The arrangement of green areas around buildings was known to be one of the foundations of modernist construction.

The house facade is divided into three sections and is smoothly plastered. Vertical and horizontal belt courses on the plaster add the rhythmics to the building. The entrance portal is accentuated with two support columns. Beside, there is a porthole window; the original carpentry has not been preserved.

The house is surrounded with the authentic fence. The first section of the house is finished with the rounded corner balconies, the second one ends with window piers and the third with loggias with support columns. On the side, the bathrooms are illuminated by a series of porthole windows.

The interior is well-preserved. At the entrance, cement tiles with graphite impurities are laid. The vestibule is lined with alabaster up to half the height of the walls.

The door between the vestibule and the stairwell has been preserved. The handrail is made of brass and nickel-plated bronze.

The balustrade is of special notice. It is made of bent iron elements of various shapes combined with wooden handrails.

The stairwell is illuminated by ribbon glazing. The authentic apartment entrance door has been preserved on the ground floor.