Alfred Schleusener Tenement in Bydgoszcz

Alfred Schleusener Tenement
Polish: Kamienica Alfreda Schleusenera w Bydgoszczy
Tenement from Gdanska Street
Bydgoszcz Location within Poland
General information
Type	Tenement
Architectural style	Modern architecture
Location	Gdanska Street 62, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Coordinates	53°7′52″N 18°0′32″E / 53.13111°N 18.00889°E
Groundbreaking	1910
Completed	1911
Client	Alfred Schleusener
Technical details
Floor count	5
Design and construction
Architect	Alfred Schleusener

Alfred Schleusener tenement is a tenement located at Gdanska Street N°62 in Bydgoszcz.

Location

The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska street, between Słowacki street and Adam Mickiewicz Alley. It is adjacent to:

• Carl Meyer tenement at N°60,
• Eduard Schulz Tenement at N°66-68,

both historical buildings in Bydgoszcz.

History

The edifice has been designed and built by Alfred Schleusener as a house for his own use, at then Danzigerstraße 137.^[1]

This type of realization (an architect building his own house) is pretty common in Gdańska Street , since other builders did the same at this time:

• Carl Meyer, at N°60;
• Carl Rose, at N°51;
• Fritz Weidner, at N°34;
• Józef Święcicki, at N°63.

The building has a distinctive urban character and was erected in 1910-1911. It had a residential wing distinct from the business and trade premises.^[2]

In the same area of Bydgoszcz, Alfred Schleusener has also realized :

• Tenement Carl Meinhardt at Gdanska street 27, in 1909;
• Robert Grundtmann Tenement at Słowacki street 1, in 1906.

Features

The building is made in the style of early, classic modernism.^[3] The vertical elevation were highlighted as structural elements of the building by using strings loggias, balconies and bay windows.

Vertical divisions are highlighted using pilaster and friezes between windows.

Gallery

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  Detail on a bay window

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  Low-Relief

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  Detail of the gate adornement

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  Facade details

See also

• Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
• (Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz

Bibliography

• (Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003

References

1. Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von, Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr (1911). "Straßen". auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. p. 99.
2. Einwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bromberg, 1915
3. Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003