Eduard Schulz Building Explained

Eduard Schulz Tenement
Native Name:Polish: Kamienica Eduarda Schulza w Bydgoszczy
Image Alt:Tenement from Gdańska Street
Coordinates:53.1317°N 18.0094°W
Map Dot Label:Bydgoszcz
Building Type:Tenement
Location:66/68 Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Map Type:Poland
Client:Eduard Schulz
Groundbreaking Date:1904
Completion Date:1905
Floor Count:4
Architect:Rudolf Kern

Eduard Schulz Tenement is a habitation house located at 66/68 Gdańska Street in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Location

The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska Street, between Słowackiego street and Adam Mickiewicz Alley. It is close to Alfred Schleusener Tenement at Nr.62, another historical building in the same street.

History

19th century

In the middle of the 19th century, Karl Hildebrandt a judicial executor opened in the back yard a summer garden and a bowling. In 1882, in the garden at the back of the property was built a wooden summer theater, originally called Victoria, on the design of architects Józef Święcicki and Anton Hoffmann. Theater and concerts performances were held here.[1] The new house was standing on a previous building where Eduard Schulz was living since 1893.[2] He had there his restaurant, Elysium.

Eduard Schulz's period

The tenement has been built in 1904-1905 for the restaurateur Eduard Schulz by the architect Rudolf Kern.

The building is stretched along Nr.66 and Nr.68 of Gdańska Street: both houses formed a complex network for house and business purposes. Its address was, in Bromberg's time, 134 Danzigerstrasse.[2]

Eduard Schulz opened there a new restaurant, Zum Reichskanzler (To the Reich Chancellor).

1920s till today

In 1922, the Company Deutsches Haus became the new owner of the lot: it ran in the premises a restaurant, a German theater Deutsche Bühne and a hotel until 1945.

After World War II, a new restaurant, Słowianka, has been set up there.In the period 1947-1949 at the very place of the old wood theater was built the actual Polish Theatre by architect Alfons Licznerski.

In the upper levels a disco club opened in November 1975.

Today, Nr.68 houses the District Chamber of Legal Advisers of Bydgoszcz.[3]

Architecture

Eduard Schulz tenement has got an Art Nouveau decorated facade decoration, significantly impoverished as a result of renovation and rehabilitation.[1]

Initial decoration of Nr.66 frontage have been revived by a refurbishment during summer 2016. Likewise, on the facade of Nr.68, one can still notice gargoyles and stylized floral motifs. Inside are still preserved a staircase with its original door, railings and stuccoes.

See also

External links

Site of Bydgoszcz Polish Theatre

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A . 2003 . Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny . Bydgoszcz . Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy . 8386970103.
  2. Book: 1906 . Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg mit Vorvorten für 1906 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen . Bromberg . Dittmann .
  3. Web site: Okręgowej Izby Radców Prawnych w Bydgoszczy . 2020 . Sequence Studio . 6 January 2021.