Theonia Reichhardt House in Bydgoszcz
| Theonia Reichhardt House in Bydgoszcz | |
|---|---|
| Polish: Kamienica Theonii Reichhardt w Bydgoszczy | |
 View from Gdanska street | |
  Location within Poland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | Eclecticism & Neo-baroque |
| Location | Gdańska street 36, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°7′43″N 18°0′24″E / 53.12861°N 18.00667°E |
| Completed | 1875 |
| Renovated | 1897-1898 |
| Client | Theonia Reichhardt |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Józef Święcicki |
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The Theonia Reichhardt house is a house in downtown Bydgoszcz, at Gdanska Street 36.
Location
The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska Street, between Krasiński street and Słowacki street. During the Prussian era, the address of the house was "Danziger strasse 151, Bromberg".[1]
History
The house was built in the years 1897–1898 for Theonia Reichhardt, widow in 1885 of Mr Reichhardt, a music teacher.[2] The Reichhardt family lived there since 1880[2] and the widow had the original 1875 residential building reconstructed in 1897-1898.
The building housed a brewery, a restaurant and in the 20th century a café house, Lilas.
Architecture
The tenement was designed by the architect Józef Święcicki, who also designed (among others):
- Hotel "Pod Orlem" at Gdanska 14;
- Oskar Ewald Tenement at Gdanska 30;
- Tenement at Freedom Square 1.
For this edifice, Joseph Święcicki prepared plans for a building with large dimensions and a rich decoration, which was to span along the whole façade. However, due to limited financial resources, the initial project was modified and eventually only the left side of the building got its luxurious ornamentation. The view is still striking, even today.
The building has an asymmetrical façade and eclectic wooden decoration of neo-Baroque forms. The façade is enriched with decorative palmettes, heads of lions, and cartouches. Inside some of them, above a balcony of the second floor, a letter R (for Reichhardt) is apparent.
Gallery
Detail of the balcony with carved initials
Detail of the 1st floor balcony
Facade overview after renovation
See also
- Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
- (Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
- (Polish) Józef Święcicki
Bibliography
- (Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
- (Polish) Daria Bręczewska-Kulesza,Echa architektury starożytnej w budowlach bydgoskich XIX i początku XX wieku