In early 1900s he started construction of a new house; the same building would later become the Biographical Museum of Władysław Orkan ("Muzeum Biograficzne Władysława Orkana" or "Orkanówka" for short). At that time he also married Maria Zwierzyńska, they would have one child, Zofia. Maria would die three years after giving childbirth, Władysław Orkan, always troubled with finances, would ask his sister to raise his daughter. He would later marry Bronisława Folejewska. During those years he also travelled to Italy, Switzerland and Germany.