Jump to content

Stanisław Rolbieski Tenement

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanisław Rolbieski tenement
Polish: Kamienica Stanisława Rolbieskiego w Bydgoszczy
Tenement from Gdańska Street
Tenement from Gdańska Street
Map
General information
TypeTenement
Architectural styleEclecticism & French Neo-Renaissance
Location96 Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz,  Poland
Coordinates53°8′03″N 18°0′43″E / 53.13417°N 18.01194°E / 53.13417; 18.01194
Groundbreaking1891
Completed1892[1]
ClientHugo Hecht
Technical details
Floor count3
Design and construction
Architect(s)Józef Święcicki

The Stanisław Rolbieski tenement is a historical habitation building located at 96 Gdańska Street, in Bydgoszcz.

Location

[edit]

The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska Street between Zamoyskiego street and Chodkiewicz street.

It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street:

History

[edit]

The house was built in 1891-1892,[1] commissioned by Hugo Felix Franz Hecht, a timber merchant an dealer, and realized by Józef Święcicki. At the time, the address was 120 Danziger Straße.[2]

It was the last part of a series of six close stylish buildings ordered by Hugo Hecht[3] in Gdańska Street and realized by Józef Święcicki, together with buildings located at 88/90 and 92/94.

During interwar period, the building belonged to the engineer Stanisław Rolbieski,[4] manager of Karbid Wielkopolski SA. He was an entrepreneur, activist, and town councilor of the city, founder of the factory Kabel Polski Sp zoo in Bydgoszcz[5]

During the Nazi occupation the edifice housed the German Labour Front.

Architecture

[edit]

The building has the homogeneous style of the other habitation houses commissioned by Hugo Hecht (Nr.88/90 & 92/94), with a facade decoration referring to the French Neo-Renaissance forms.[6] The symmetry axis running between each buildings is still visible in the shape of a massive roof topped bay window.

In the same area, Józef Święcicki also realized other edifices:

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Gminna Ewidencja Zabytków Miasta Bydgosky. Bydgoszcz: Miasta Bydgoszczy. 24 April 2013. p. 80.
  2. ^ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1895: auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1895.
  3. ^ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1889 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Materialien. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1889.
  4. ^ Książka Adresowa Miasta Bydgoszczy : wydana w roku 1925. Bydgoszcz. 1925. p. 255.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Chamot, Jan (1973). Tak rodził się "Kabel" - Kalendarz Bydgoski. Bydgoszcz: Towarzystwo Miłośników Miasta Bydgoszczy. p. 59.
  6. ^ Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny (in Polish). Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Panorama at Gdańska street. The tenement is on the left.