<p><span style="color:#000000;">In 1888 the Polish architect

and a graduate of the Lwów Technical Academy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Sad%C5%82owski" title="Władysław Sadłowski"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Władysław Sadłowski</span></a> was

selected to design a new station. The final project, prepared in less than a

year, encompassed a large, horizontally-oriented main hall, with two large

train yards located in the background. The main entrance was topped with a

large dome made of bolted steel and stained glass. Both wings of the symmetrical

building were constituted by two pavilions, each with a smaller <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupola" title="Cupola"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">cupola</span></a>. The main entrance was flanked

by a set of Tuscan columns and large mythological sculptures, with the one

representing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnos" title="Hypnos"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Hypnos</span></a> being the most notable. Since Sadłowski was the main

representative of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris" title="William Morris"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">William Morris</span></a>' <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arts_and_Crafts_movement" title="Arts and Crafts movement"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Arts and Crafts movement</span></a>

in Poland, his project included not only the architectural part of the future

building, but also the ornaments and decorations. The project of three waiting

halls (one for each class of travellers) was prepared in cooperation with

another graduate of Sadłowski's <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">alma mater</span></a></i>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Zachariewicz" title="Alfred Zachariewicz"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Alfred Zachariewicz</span></a>. The first class waiting hall

was modelled after the style of an English gentleman's club, and was equipped

with dark, luxurious Viennese-style furniture, resembling the works of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Werkst%C3%A4tte" title="Wiener Werkstätte"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Wiener Werkstätte</span></a>. The

second class waiting room was modelled after 19th century <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourgeoisie" title="Bourgeoisie"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">burgher</span></a> houses in Galicia, while the third class waiting hall

was equipped with simple wooden pieces of furniture, modelled after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakopane" title="Zakopane"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Zakopane</span></a> style of Polish <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goral" title="Goral"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Gorals</span></a>

made by the artist <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tadeusz_Obminski&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Tadeusz Obminski (page does not exist)"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Tadeusz Obmiński</span></a>. The ornaments featured in the

tunnels leading to the platforms and in the platforms themselves were prepared

by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Kraków</span></a>-based company of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=J%C3%B3zef_G%C3%B3recki&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" title="Józef Górecki (page does not exist)"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Józef Górecki</span></a>.

Made of bent steel, the balustrades and railings bore direct resemblance to the

style of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_M%C3%A9tro" title="Paris Métro"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Paris Métro</span></a> ornaments designed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector_Guimard" title="Hector Guimard"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Hector Guimard</span></a>. A design for the registers was constructed in

Zieleniewski Maschinen und Wagonbau-Gesellschaft Werk <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanok" title="Sanok"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Sanok</span></a>,

(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autosan" title="Autosan"><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Autosan</span></a>). Construction started in 1899

and lasted until 1904, when the railway station was opened to the public.</span></p>

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