Carl Peschel tenement in Bydgoszcz
| Carl Peschel tenement | |
|---|---|
| Kamienica Carla Peschela w Bydgoszczy | |
 Tenement from Gdanska Street | |
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Location within Poland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | Eclecticism & rokoko |
| Classification | N°A/11, 12th October 1999 [1] |
| Location | Gdanska Street 101, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°8′00″N 18°0′38″E / 53.13333°N 18.01056°E |
| Groundbreaking | 1892 |
| Completed | 1893 |
| Client | Carl Peschel |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Józef Święcicki |
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The Carl Peschel tenement is a historical habitation building of Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Location
The building stands on the western side of Gdańska Street, between Świętojańska St. and Chocimska St., opposite Zamoyski street.
It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street, among others:
- Tenement at Gdanska street 91;
- Hugo Hecht tenement at N°92-94;
- Carl Bradtke Tenement at N°93;
- Tenement at Gdanska street 95;
- Stanisław Rolbieski tenement at N°96;
- Reinhold Zschiesche Tenement in Bydgoszcz at the next crossing.
History
The house was built in 1892-1893, designed by Bydoszcz's architect Józef Święcicki for Carl Peschel, a rentier. At the time, the address was "Danzigerstrasse 57, Bromberg.[2]
Since its creation, the edifice has been conceived as a renting house (more than 15 inhabitants were registered at this address in 1900)[3] and commercial building.
Features
The building has an eclecticism style facade.
The red brick wall contrasts with the rich, neo-baroque details, the rococo stuccoes -distant reminiscence of northern Mannerism.[4] On the symmetry axis of this two-winged building is placed a gate door with wrought iron decorative elements.
In the same area, Józef Święcicki also realized other edifices, among which:
- Hotel "Pod Orlem" at Gdanska St. 14;
- Oskar Ewald Tenement at Gdanska St. 30;
- Józef Święcicki tenement at Gdanska St. 63;
- Tenement at Gdanska Street 86;
- Villa Hugo Hecht at N°88-90;
- Hugo Hecht tenement at N°92-94
- Tenement at Freedom Square 1.
The building has been put on the Pomeranian heritage list (N°A/11), 12 October 1999 [1]
Gallery
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View from the opposite side of Gdanska street
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Detail of the facade
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Caryatides
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Pediment detail
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Door detail
See also
- Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
- (Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
- (Polish) Józef Święcicki
External links
Bibliography
- (Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
References
- 1 2 zabytek|kujawsko-pomorskie|issued=28.02.2014
- ↑ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1894 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen, p167
- ↑ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1900 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen
- ↑ Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003