George Sikorski Tenement in Bydgoszcz
George Sikorski Tenement | |
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Polish: Kamienica Georga Sikorskiego w Bydgoszczy | |
View from Gdanska street | |
General information | |
Type | Tenement |
Architectural style | German Historicism |
Location | Gdańska street 31, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
Country | Poland |
Coordinates | 53°7′39″N 18°0′17″E / 53.12750°N 18.00472°E |
Construction started | 1902 |
Completed | 1903 |
Client | Georg Sikorski |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 4 |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Fritz Weidner |
The George Sikorski Tenement is a house located at Gdanska Street 31, between Pomoraka Street and Śniadeckich Street in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
History
The house was built in 1902-1903 for the barber George Sikorski;[1] at this time its address was "Danzigerstrasse 20, Bromberg". It was designed by the architect Fritz Weidner, a German builder who came to Bydgoszcz at the end of the 19th century. He conducted building activity in the city between 1896 and 1914. From 1912, he lived in the house he built for himself at Gdańska 34.
In the same area, Fritz Weidner built houses at the following addresses: the Mix Ernst tenement and movie theatre at Gdanska St. 10 in 1905; the Thomas Frankowski Tenement at Gdanska St. 28 in 1897; the Max Rosental Tenement at Gdanska St. 42 in 1905; as well as the Ernst Bartsch tenement at Gdańska St.79, in 1898; and the House at Freedom Square 3, in 1903.
During interwar period, the ground floor housed Edward Kozlowski[2]'s jewelry store. At the end of the 30s, the family Kałamajski moved from building at Gdansk 27 to install a dyeing shop "Tint".
Architecture
The building represents the style of picturesque architecture, typical of Fritz Weidner projects.[3] Originally the south peak building had an adorned façade.
Gallery
- Panorama on the Gdanska Street, George Sikorski Tenement on the left, N°33 on the right
- Main elevation
- Advertising for G. Sikorski in the 1910s
See also
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- Bydgoszcz
- Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
- (in Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
- (in Polish) Fritz Weidner
References
Bibliography
- (in Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. : Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
- (in Polish) Daria Bręczewska-Kulesza, Wpływ architektury i architektów berlińskich na bydgoskie budownictwo mieszkaniowe na przełomie XIX i XX stulecia.