The villa was built in 1924 by Jan Czaderna, the administrator of the Kozy Estate. Following his death a year later, the house, which still needed some finishing touches, was put on sale. Eventually, the property was purchased by Count Józef Grabowski, who moved into the house with his family. His wife Anna, a painter, ran an artistic salon in the house, often hosting artists, actors and people of culture. The villa’s garden had a swimming pool and a tennis court. Count Józef Grabowski was the director of the “Rawa Association” in Katowice and president of the local Riflemen’s Association. Mr and Mrs Grabowski had three children – two daughters Joanna (Astrid) and Daisy and a son Krzysztof. During World War II, the Grabowski family lived outside Poland. Krzysztof served in the Polish Air Force in Great Britain as a gunner in Bomber Squadron 301 RAF. He was awarded the Virtuti Militari Cross. After the war, he devoted himself to his passion for sailing. In 1959, he was the first Pole to cross the Atlantic alone. During the 1964 voyage, his yacht went missing in the Bermuda Triangle region. Today the the roundabout at the junction of ulica Krakowska, Kościelna, Bielska and Beskidzka is named adfter Captain Krzysztof Grabowski. After World War II, the villa housed the Citizen’s Militia station and later a nursery school. Since the mid 1980s, the building has housed the Photovoltaic Laboratory of the Polish Academy of Sciences, which conducts research into the use of solar energy.