Stanisław Rolbieski tenement in Bydgoszcz
| Stanisław Rolbieski tenement | |
|---|---|
| Polish: Kamienica Stanisława Rolbieskiego w Bydgoszczy | |
 Tenement from Gdanska Street | |
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Location within Poland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | Eclecticism & French Neo-Renaissance |
| Location | Gdanska Street 96, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°8′03″N 18°0′43″E / 53.13417°N 18.01194°E |
| Groundbreaking | 1891 |
| Completed | 1892 |
| Client | Hugo Hecht |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Józef Święcicki |
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The Stanisław Rolbieski tenement is a habitation building located at Gdańska Street N°96, in Bydgoszcz.
Location
The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska Street between Zamoyski street and Chodkiewicz street.
It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street:
- Villa Carl Grosse at N°84;
- Otto Riedl Tenement at N° 85;
- Villa Hugo Hecht at N°88-90;
- Tenement at Gdanska street 91.
History
The house was built in 1891-1892, commissioned by Hugo Felix Franz Hecht, a timber merchant an dealer, according to the project of Józef Święcicki. At the time, the address was "Danzigerstrasse 120, Bromberg".[1]
It was the last part of a series of six close stylish buildings ordered by Hugo Hecht[2] in Gdanska Street and realized by Józef Święcicki.
In interwar period, the building belonged to the engineer Stanisław Rolbieski,[3] manager of "Karbid Wielkopolski SA". He was an entrepreneur, activist, and town councilor of the city, founder of the factory "Kabel Polski Sp zoo" in Bydgoszcz[4]
During the Nazi occupation the edifice housed the German Labour Front.
Features
The building has the homogeneous style of the other habitation houses commissioned by Hugo Hecht (N°88-90 & 92-94), with a facade decoration referring to the French Neo-Renaissance forms.[5] The symmetry axis running between each buildings is still visible in the shape of a massive roof topped bay window.
In the same area, Józef Święcicki also realized other edifices:
- 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.
Gallery
Frontage seen from Gdańska street
Detail of the facade frieze
Window decoration details
Detail of the upper facade
See also
- Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
- Buildings at Gdanska St. 92-94
- (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
- ↑ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1895 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen
- ↑ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1889 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Materialien
- ↑ Książka Adresowa Miasta Bydgoszczy : wydana w roku 1925, p255
- ↑ Chamot Jan. Tak rodził się „Kabel”. [w:] Kalendarz Bydgoski 1973
- ↑ Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
