Eduard Schulz Tenement in Bydgoszcz
| Eduard Schulz Tenement | |
|---|---|
| Polish: Kamienica Eduarda Schulza w Bydgoszczy | |
 Tenement from Gdanska Street | |
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Location within Poland | |
| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau |
| Location | Gdanska Street 66-68, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°7′54″N 18°0′34″E / 53.13167°N 18.00944°E |
| Groundbreaking | 1904 |
| Completed | 1905 |
| Client | Eduard Schulz |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Rudolf Kern |
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Eduard Schulz Tenement is a tenement located at Gdanska Street N°66-68, in Bydgoszcz.
Location
The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska Street, between Słowacki street and Adam Mickiewicz Alley. It is close to Alfred Schleusener Tenement at N°62, another historical building in the same street of Bydgoszcz.
History
19th century
In the middle of the 19th century, Karl Hildebrandt a judicial executor opened in the back yard a summer garden and a bowling. In 1882, in the garden at the back of the property was built a wooden summer theater, originally called Victoria, on the design of architects Józef Święcicki and Anton Hoffmann. Theater and concerts performances were held here.
The new house was standing on a previous building where Eduard Schulz was living since 1893.[1] He had there his restaurant, Elysium.
Eduard Schulz's period
The tenement has been built in 1904-1905 for the restaurateur Eduard Schulz by the architect Rudolf Kern.
The building is stretched along N°66 and N°68 of Gdańska Street: both houses formed a complex network for house and business purposes. Its address was, in Bromberg's time, "Danzigerstrasse 134".[2] Eduard Schulz opened a new restaurant, Zum Reichskanzler (To the Reich Chancelor).
1920s till today
In 1922, the Company Deutsches Haus became the new owner of the lot: it ran in the premises a restaurant, a German theater Deutsche Bühne and a hotel until 1945.
After World War II, a new restaurant, Slowianka, has been set up there. In the period 1947-1949 at the very place of the old wood theater was built the actual Bydgoszcz Polish Theatre by architect Alfons Licznerski.
In the upper levels a disco club opened in November 1975.[3]
Today, N°68 houses the District Chamber of Legal Advisers of Bydgoszcz.[4]
Architecture
Eduard Schulz tenement has got an Art Nouveau decorated facade decoration, significantly impoverished as a result of renovation and rehabilitation.[5]
Initial decoration of N°66 frontage have been revived by a refurbishment during summer 2016. Likewise, on the facade of Gdańska Street 68 building, one can still notice gargoyles and stylized floral motifs. Inside are still preserved a staircase with its original door, railings and stuccoes.
Gallery
Gdańska 66 building
Gdańska 68 building
Art Nouveau elements on the building at N° 66
Decorations on N°68 building facade
Gate detail at N°68
Door detail N°68
Bay window at N°66
Detail of 1914 Bromberg map with the restaurant "Elysium"
See also
- Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
- (Polish) Rudolf Kern
- (Polish) Alfons Licznerski
- (Polish) Bydgoszcz Polish Theatre
- (Polish) Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
External links
(Polish) Site of Bydgoszcz Polish Theatre
Bibliography
- (Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
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