Thomas Frankowski Tenement (Bydgoszcz)
| Thomas Frankowski Tenement | |
|---|---|
| Kamienica Thomasa Frankowskiego w Bydgoszczy | |
 View from Gdanska street | |
  Location within Poland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | German Historicism |
| Classification | N°748678-Reg.A/1582), 16th February 2011.[1] |
| Location | Gdańska Street 28, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°7′42″N 18°0′22″E / 53.12833°N 18.00611°E |
| Construction started | 1897 |
| Completed | 1898 |
| Client | Thomas Frankowski |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Fritz Weidner |
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Thomas Frankowski Tenement is a house located in Bydgoszcz, at Gdanska Street 28.
Location
The tenement stands on the eastern side of Gdańska street, near the intersection with Krasinski street.
History
On the site of the tenement was an earlier building, dating from approximately 1875. The house was commisionned by landlord Thomas Frankowski, a rentier.[2] It has been built in 1897-1898 by the architect Fritz Weidner. At the time, the address was "Danzigerstrasse 156, Bromberg".
Fritz Weidner was a German builder who came to Bydgoszcz at the end of the 19th century. He conducted frantic building activity in the city between 1896 and 1914. From 1912, he lived in the house he built for himself at Gdańska St.34.
In the same area, Fritz Weidner built houses at the following addresses:
- Ernst Mix tenement and movie theatre at Gdanska St. 10 in 1905;
- George Sikorski Tenement at Gdańska St. 31, in 1906;
- Max Rosental Tenement at Gdanska St. 42 in 1905;
- Ernst Bartsch tenement at Gdańska St.79, in 1898;
- House at Freedom Square 3, in 1903.
From 1909, the building housed the headquarters of the Bydgoszcz branch of Joseph Madejewski's Institute of Trading Science created in 1892: the organization led educational courses related to geography, trade, modern communications, shorthand and typing.
During interwar period, the edifice housed Seifert & Forster's workshop,[3] specialized in repairing cars and bicycles.
Features
The tenement presents forms of German historicism, in a transitional phase between the eclecticism and secession style. The whole facade is purposefully designed on asymmetry, which is a means of architectural expression, with stucco decoration for decorative arrangement on various elements: windows, arcade-loggias, bay window, balcony s gables and Peak ornaments.[4]
Inside, an original staircase, doors and decorative stained glasses are still preserved.
The building has been put on the Pomeranian heritage list (N°748678-Reg.A/1582), on the 16th February 2011.[1]
Gallery
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Ad for Joseph Madejewski's Institute, 1910
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Detail of roof and Gable
See also
- Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
- (Polish) Fritz Weidner
Bibliography
- (Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
- (Polish) Jastrzębska-Puzowska I., Architekt Fritz Weidner i jego rola w kształtowaniu nowego oblicza Bydgoszczy na przełomie XIX i XX wieku - UMK, Toruń 2002.
- (German) Iwona Jastrzębska-Puzowska (Bydgoszcz/Bromberg) - Der Bromberger Architekt Fritz Weidner – Kunstauffassung und Werk
References
- 1 2 zabytek-kujawsko-pomorskie issued 28.02.2014
- ↑ Adress und Telefonbücher von Bromberg-1898-p.48
- ↑ Adress und Telefonbücher von Bromberg-1926-p.66
- ↑ Jastrzębska-Puzowska Iwona: Poglądy artystyczne i twórczość bydgoskiego architekta Fritza Weidnera. [w.] Materiały do dziejów kultury i sztuki Bydgoszczy i regionu. zeszyt 5. Pracownia Dokumentacji i Popularyzacji Zabytków Wojewódzkiego Ośrodka Kultury w Bydgoszczy. Bydgoszcz 2000