Gdańsk Street 91, Bydgoszcz Explained

Tenement at Gdanska street 91
Native Name:Polish: Kamienica Gdańska 91 w Bydgoszczy
Image Alt:Tenement from Gdanska Street
Coordinates:53.1328°N 18.01°W
Building Type:Tenement
Architectural Style:Historicism
Location:91 Gdanska Street, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Client:Carl Bradtke
Groundbreaking Date:1898
Completion Date:1899
Floor Count:4
Architect:Fritz Weidner

The tenement at 91 Gdanska street is a historical habitation building located on Gdańska Street, in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Location

The building stands on the western side of Gdańska Street, between Świętojańska Street and Chocimska street.

It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street:

History

The house was completed built in 1898[1] by the architect Fritz Weidner, a German builder who came to Bydgoszcz at the end of the 19th century, and had a frantic building activity in the city between 1896 and 1914.The architect lived in the tenement he built at 34 Gdańska in 1912.

In the same area, Fritz Weidner built houses at the following addresses:

The tenement at then 52 Danzigerstraße,[2] was first owned by a master stonecutter, Carl Bradtke who lived until 1898 in Dworcowa street[3] (German: Bahnofstrasse) before moving to his new house in 1899. He still kept his shop of"Marble commodities at 52 Bahnofstrasse until the start of World War I.[4]

Carl Bradtke also commissioned another local architect, Józef Święcicki, for the construction of a nearby tenement at 93.

Architecture

The house presents forms of prussian Historicism, at a transition time from the Eclecticism to Secession movement.[5] The facade has gables with different forms, bay windows, loggias and various shaped windows.

The main frontage is flanked with triangular topped gables. The middle section play on symmetry, through the network of arcades and open loggias, while the upper part is purposefully designed asymmetrically.

This design is a choice undertaken by Fritz Weidner: to part from stuccoes for decorative arrangement as architectural elements.[6]

Interiors have noteworthy elements, especially the ceiling in hallway and entrance adorned with flower stuccoes.

The building shows similarity with a neighbouring one, at 79, also designed by Fritz Weidner.

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: 24 April 2013 . Gminna Ewidencja Zabytków Miasta Bydgosky . Bydgoszcz . Miasta Bydgoszczy . 80 .
  2. Book: 1899. Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1899 auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen . Bromberg . Dittmann . Straßen. 21.
  3. Book: 1899 . Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1899: auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen . Bromberg . Dittmann .
  4. Book: Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von, Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr . 1917. Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1917: auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen . Bromberg . Dittmann .
  5. Book: Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A . 2003 . Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny . Bydgoszcz . Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy . 8386970103.
  6. Book: Jastrzębska-Puzowska, Iwona . 2000 . Poglądy artystyczne i twórczość bydgoskiego architekta Fritza Weidnera. Materiały do dziejów kultury i sztuki Bydgoszczy i regionu. zeszyt 5 . Bydgoszcz . Pracownia Dokumentacji i Popularyzacji Zabytków Wojewódzkiego Ośrodka Kultury w Bydgoszczy .