The Hotel was built in 1900 following a project by the construction company of architects <a>Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer</a>

of Vienna on the site formerly taken by an earlier hotel Russie, which

was constructed by George Hoffman. The opening ceremony took place on

January 8, 1901. The project was realized by the construction company of

Ivan Levynskyi and Józef Cybulski of Lviv. The hotel stands at the

intersection of what are today known as Liberty and Shevchenko Avenues.

The building’s façade displays a bas-relief of St. George the

Dragon-slayer by Antoni Popel and allegorical sculpures symbolizing

Asia, Africa, Europe, and America by Leonardo Marconi.