Tenement at Gdanska street 67, Bydgoszcz

Tenement at Gdanska street 67
Polish: Kamienica przy ul. Gdańskiej 67 w Bydgoszczy
Tenement from Gdanska Street
Bydgoszcz Location within Poland
General information
Type	Tenement
Architectural style	Modern architecture with Art Nouveau elements
Location	Gdanska Street 67, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Coordinates	53°7′51″N 18°0′29″E / 53.13083°N 18.00806°E
Groundbreaking	1910
Completed	1911
Technical details
Floor count	5
Design and construction
Architect	Rudolf Kern

Tenement at Gdanska street 67 is a habitation house located at Gdanska Street N°67, in Bydgoszcz.

Location

The building stands on the western side of Gdańska Street, between Cieszkowski and Świętojańska streets. It is also close to remarkable tenements in the same street:

• Józef Święcicki tenement at N°63;
• Eduard Schulz Tenement at N°66-68;
• Alfred Schleusener Tenement at N°62.

History

The house was built in 1910-1911, designed by the architect Rudolf Kern, who also erected or redesigned other buildings in Gdanska Street:^[1]

• August Mentzel Tenement at N°5;
• Tenement at Gdanska street 71.

In 1932, at the location of a cafe, Kresowa, Klement Kwaśniewski opened a patisserie and bakery specialized in cakes. Other relatives had their office in the building,

• Marta Kwaśniewska ^[2] as a photographer;
• Ignacy Kwaśniewski ^[3] as a businessman.

Today, a pharmacy occupies the ground floor premises^[4] and a hotel is located in the backyard of the tenement.^[5]

Features

The building presents characteristics of the first decade of the 20th century with early forms of Modern architecture.

The facade is richly decorated with:

• a portal entrance;
• peacocks balcony bas-relief;
• third floor windows crowned with frieze.

Gallery

• 
  Roof and adornements
• 
  Frieze beneath the roof
• 
  Decoration above the portal

See also

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

Bibliography

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

References

1. Iwona Jastrzębska-Puzowska: Od miasteczka do metropolii. Rozwój architektoniczny i urbanistyczny Bydgoszczy w latach 1850-1920.
2. Einwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bydgoszcz, 1933, p164
3. Einwohner-, Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bydgoszcz, 1933, p163