This impressive tenement was built in 1895 in one of Lwów’s main streets, near Hetmańskie Bulwarks promenade.
Until 1926, it was owned by Dawid Abrahamowicz, a Polish politician of Armenian descent, Minister for Galicia in Vienna, and later a member of the Polish Parliament in revived Poland. Tenants included Stanisław Zarewicz (till 1931, curator of Lwów Historical Museum), Karol Koranyi (associate professor at the Jan Kazimierz University’s Faculty of Law), and Michał Salpeter (a well-known dermatologist). The building also housed Izak Goldgeier’s printmaking workshop and Walerian Drabik’s radio set shop.
Koffler must have paid frequent visits to his friend, the more so since Sykstuska Street was located only half a kilometre from the Conservatoire. It is most likely at Münzer’s flat that Béla Bartók stayed for several days in December 1936, when two concerts dedicated to his music were held in Lwów. Following the concert on 15 December at the Grand Theatre, a reception was apparently kept at Münzer’s place, attended by both Bartók and the Kofflers: Róża and Józef.