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

of Vienna on the site formerly taken by an earlier hotel Russie, which <br />

was constructed by George Hoffman. The opening ceremony took place on <br />

January 8, 1901. The project was realized by the construction company of<br />

Ivan Levynskyi and Józef Cybulski of Lviv. The hotel stands at the <br />

intersection of what are today known as Liberty and Shevchenko Avenues. <br />

The building’s façade displays a bas-relief of St. George the <br />

Dragon-slayer by Antoni Popel and allegorical sculpures symbolizing <br />

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