The article examines the changes in the development and residential infrastructure of Vilnius between 1875 and 1939. It will complement the research on the development of the city’s sanitary infrastructure, expand and enrich the research on the development and transformation
of housing in Vilnius. The article addresses the following questions: how Vilnius developed, how it coped with the challenges of urbanisation, how the residential infrastructure was modernised, and how household amenities changed.