Alexander Timm House
| Alexander Timm House | |
|---|---|
| Polish: Kamienica Aleksandra Timma w Bydgoszczy | |
 Alexander Timm House in Bydgoszcz, view from Gdanska street | |
  Location within Poland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | Eclecticism, Neoclassicism |
| Location | Gdańska street 17, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°07′35″N 18°0′12″E / 53.12639°N 18.00333°E |
| Inaugurated | 1852 & 1910 (renovation) |
| Client | Aleksander Timm |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | B. Brinkmann, O.F.W. Muller |
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Alexander Timm House is a tenement building located in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Gdańska street 17.
Location
The building stands at the intersection of Gdańska street and Pomorska street.[1]
History
The house has been built at the initiative of rentier Alexander William Timm in 1852.[2][3]
It was designed by architect B. Brinkmann. Once erected, it was one of the largest tenement houses in the city of Bromberg.[4]
The building has been rebuilt in 1910, as commissioned by the city councillor Carl Beck, and designed by O. M. W. Muller.
On the wall near the entrance on Gdańska street 17, a plaque has been placed in honor of Stanisław Brzęczkowski (1897 - 1955), an artist and educator, who worked at the printing house at Jagiellońska Street N°1.[5]
Architecture
Tenement presents architectural forms of historism, with touches of medieval architecture revival.
The southern facade elevation is flanked by octagonal slender towers, topped with battlements. On preserved iconography, one can notice facades painted in red,[1] as for a brick defense wall, putting the finishing touch to the medieval setting.
It is the area's oldest two-storey tenement house.[6]
Gallery
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The tenement 17 in 1916
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Southern facade of the building
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Facade onto Pomorska Street
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Plaque in memory of Stanisław Brzęczkowski
See also
Bibliography
- (Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
References
- 1 2 Jastrzębska-Puzowska, Iwona: Od miasteczka do metropolii. Rozwój architektoniczny i urbanistyczny Bydgoszczy w latach 1850-1920. Wydawnictwo MADO. Toruń 2005. ISBN 83-89886-38-3, 978-83-89886-38-5
- ↑ Einwohner, Adress und Telefonbücher von Bromberg -1858. Bromberg: Aronsohn. 1858. p. 35.
- ↑ Kuczma, Rajmund (2005). Mała encyklopedia Bydgoszczy - liteda "D". Kalendarz Bydgoski. Bydgoszcz: TOWARZYSTWO MIŁOŚNIKÓW MIASTA BYDGOSZCZY.
- ↑ zbyszekf60 (2007). "Kamienica Alexandra Wilhelma Timma". polskaniezwykla.pl. polskaniezwykla.pl. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ↑ Błażejewski Stanisław, Kutta Janusz (1995). Bydgoski Słownik Biograficzny. Tom II. Bydgoszcz. ISBN 83-85327-27-4.
- ↑ Bydgoszcz Guide. Bydgoszcz: City of Bydgoszcz. July 2014. p. 99. ISBN 83-917786-7-3.
