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Thomas Frankowski Tenement

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Thomas Frankowski Tenement
Polish: Kamienica Thomasa Frankowskiego w Bydgoszczy
Tenement at Gdańska street 28, Bydgoszcz
View from Gdańska street
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General information
TypeTenement
Architectural styleGerman Historicism
ClassificationNr.748678-Reg.A/1582), 16 February 2011.[1]
Location28 Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz,  Poland
CountryPoland
Coordinates53°7′42″N 18°0′22″E / 53.12833°N 18.00611°E / 53.12833; 18.00611
Construction started1897
Completed1898
ClientThomas Frankowski
Technical details
Floor count4
Design and construction
Architect(s)Fritz Weidner

Thomas Frankowski Tenement is a house located in Bydgoszcz, at 28 Gdańska Street.

Location

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The tenement stands on the eastern side of Gdańska Street, near the intersection with Krasinski street.

History

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On the site of the tenement was an earlier building, dating from approximately 1875. Actual house was commissioned by landlord Thomas Frankowski, a rentier.[2] It has been built in 1897-1898 by the architect Fritz Weidner. At the time, the address was 156 Danzigerstrasse, Bromberg.

Fritz Weidner was a German builder who came to Bydgoszcz at the end of the 19th century. He conducted frantic building activity in the city between 1896 and 1914. From 1912, he lived in the house he built for himself at 34 Gdańska Street

In the same area, Fritz Weidner built houses at the following addresses:[3]

From 1909, the building housed the headquarters of the Bydgoszcz branch of Józef Madejewski's Institute of Trading Science created in 1892: the organization led educational courses related to geography, trade, modern communications, shorthand and typing.[3]

During interwar period, the edifice housed Seifert & Forster's workshop,[4] specialized in repairing cars and bicycles.

Architecture

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The tenement presents forms of German historicism, in a transitional phase between the eclecticism and secession style.

The whole facade is purposefully designed on asymmetry, which is a means of architectural expression, with stucco decoration for decorative arrangement on various elements: windows, arcade-loggias, bay window, balcony s gables and Peak ornaments.[5]

Inside, original staircase, doors and decorative stained glasses are still preserved.

The building has been put on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List, Nr.748678 Reg.A/1582, on February 16, 2011.[1]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b zabytek-kujawsko-pomorskie issued 28.02.2014
  2. ^ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1898 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: A. Dittmann. 1898. p. 48.
  3. ^ a b l (3 April 2013). "Te kamienice Fritza Weidnera stoją do dziś". bydgoszcz.wyborcza.pl. bydgoszcz.wyborcza. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  4. ^ Książka Adresowa Miasta Bydgoszczy : wydana w roku 1926. Bydgoszcz: Władysław Weber. 1926. p. 26.
  5. ^ Jastrzębska-Puzowska, Iwona (2000). Poglądy artystyczne i twórczość bydgoskiego architekta Fritza Weidnera. Materiały do dziejów kultury i sztuki Bydgoszczy i regionu, z. 5. Bydgoszcz: Pracownia Dokumentacji i Popularyzacji Zabytków Wojewódzkiego Ośrodka Kultury w Bydgoszczy. pp. 37–47.

Bibliography

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  • (in Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 9788386970100.
  • (in Polish) Jastrzębska-Puzowska, Iwona (2002). Architekt Fritz Weidner i jego rola w kształtowaniu nowego oblicza Bydgoszczy na przełomie XIX i XX wieku-UMK. Toruń.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • (in German) Jastrzębska-Puzowska, Iwona. Der Bromberger Architekt Fritz Weidner – Kunstauffassung und Werk. Bydgoszcz/Bromberg.