Aleksander Olszyński Building

Aleksander Olszyński Tenement
Kamienica Aleksandra Olszyńskiego

Tenement from Gdanska Street

Tenement at N°58 Gdańska Street
Location within Poland
General information
Type Tenement
Architectural style Neo-Renaissance & Neo-Baroque, with Eclecticism style elements
Location Gdanska Street 58, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Coordinates 53°7′51″N 18°0′32″E / 53.13083°N 18.00889°E / 53.13083; 18.00889
Groundbreaking 1894
Completed 1895
Client Aleksander Olszyński
Technical details
Floor count 4
Design and construction
Architect Henrich Arndt
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The Aleksander Olszyński Tenement is a tenement house built in late 19th century from a design by architect Heinrich Arndt in Bydgoszcz,[1] Poland, and located at Gdanska Street 58.

Location

The building stands on the eastern side of Gdanska Street, between Słowacki stret and Adam Mickiewicz Alley. It is adjacent to the Chapel of the Sisters of the Poor Clares at N.56 and the Carl Meyer tenement at N.60, both Bydgoszcz historical buildings.

History

The building was erected in 1894-1895 for the carpenter Alexander Olszyński[2][3] on a design by Heinrich Arndt, a Master Mason of then Bromberg.[1][4]

In 1910, the ground floor was refurbished by designer Gustav Habermann to accommodate a business venture. Before World War One, the building housed the offices of the "German Association for People's Health in Bydgoszcz". In the 1920s, Kochańscy Brothers & Kunzle (Polish: Bracia Kochańscy i Künzl) run a jewelry shop on premises,[5] manufacturing gold and silver products. Since 1939, during the occupation of Poland, the building housed the main store of the "Württemberg metal goods factory" (German: WMF-Württemberger MetallwarenFabrik).

One can still notice preserved and rich, Neo-Renaissance and Neo-Baroque stucco decoration of the facade. Many original forms of the eclectic architectural details are also present.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Fritz Gerstenberg. "Nachrufe der Graunschweigischen Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft" (PDF). UB Braunschweig. Von Hermann Lagershausen. Retrieved 12 March 2015. Dr.-Ing. Hermann Arndt, geb. 15.12.1885, gest. 8.6.1963, wurde zu Schleusenau bei Bromberg (Prov. Posen) als Sohn des Maurermeisters Heinrich Arndt geboren.
  2. ↑ Einwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bromberg 1895, p122
  3. ↑ He was living at this time in Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) at Boiestrasse 1
  4. ↑ Einwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bromberg 1895, p7
  5. ↑ Einwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bromberg 1925, p140

Bibliography

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