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

and a graduate of the Lwów Technical Academy <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Władysław Sadłowski</span> was<br />

selected to design a new station. The final project, prepared in less than a<br />

year, encompassed a large, horizontally-oriented main hall, with two large<br />

train yards located in the background. The main entrance was topped with a<br />

large dome made of bolted steel and stained glass. Both wings of the symmetrical<br />

building were constituted by two pavilions, each with a smaller <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">cupola</span>. The main entrance was flanked<br />

by a set of Tuscan columns and large mythological sculptures, with the one<br />

representing <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Hypnos</span> being the most notable. Since Sadłowski was the main<br />

representative of the <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">William Morris</span>' <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Arts and Crafts movement</span><br />

in Poland, his project included not only the architectural part of the future<br />

building, but also the ornaments and decorations. The project of three waiting<br />

halls (one for each class of travellers) was prepared in cooperation with<br />

another graduate of Sadłowski's <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">alma mater</span>, <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Alfred Zachariewicz</span>. The first class waiting hall<br />

was modelled after the style of an English gentleman's club, and was equipped<br />

with dark, luxurious Viennese-style furniture, resembling the works of the <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Wiener Werkstätte</span>. The<br />

second class waiting room was modelled after 19th century <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">burgher</span> houses in Galicia, while the third class waiting hall<br />

was equipped with simple wooden pieces of furniture, modelled after the <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Zakopane</span> style of Polish <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Gorals</span><br />

made by the artist <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Tadeusz Obmiński</span>. The ornaments featured in the<br />

tunnels leading to the platforms and in the platforms themselves were prepared<br />

by the <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Kraków</span>-based company of <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Józef Górecki</span>.<br />

Made of bent steel, the balustrades and railings bore direct resemblance to the<br />

style of the <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Paris Métro</span> ornaments designed by <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Hector Guimard</span>. A design for the registers was constructed in<br />

Zieleniewski Maschinen und Wagonbau-Gesellschaft Werk <span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Sanok</span>,<br />

(<span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:none;">Autosan</span>). Construction started in 1899<br />

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

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