George Sikorski Tenement in Bydgoszcz

The George Sikorski Tenement is a house located at Gdanska Street 31, between Pomoraka Street and Śniadeckich Street in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

George Sikorski Tenement
Polish: Kamienica Georga Sikorskiego w Bydgoszczy
View from Gdanska street
General information
TypeTenement
Architectural styleGerman Historicism
LocationGdańska street 31, Bydgoszcz, Poland
CountryPoland
Coordinates53°7′39″N 18°0′17″E
Construction started1902
Completed1903
ClientGeorg Sikorski
Technical details
Floor count4
Design and construction
ArchitectFritz Weidner

History

The house was built in 1902–1903 for the barber George Sikorski;[1] at this time its address was "Danzigerstrasse 20, Bromberg". It was designed by the architect Fritz Weidner, a German builder who came to Bydgoszcz at the end of the 19th century. He conducted building activity in the city between 1896 and 1914. From 1912, he lived in the house he built for himself at Gdańska 34.

In the same area, Fritz Weidner built houses at the following addresses: the Mix Ernst tenement and movie theatre at Gdanska St. 10 in 1905; the Thomas Frankowski Tenement at Gdanska St. 28 in 1897; the Max Rosental Tenement at Gdanska St. 42 in 1905; as well as the Ernst Bartsch tenement at Gdańska St.79, in 1898; and the House at Freedom Square 3, in 1903.

During the interwar period, the ground floor housed Edward Kozlowski's[2] jewelry store. At the end of the 1930s, the family Kałamajski moved from building at Gdansk 27 to install a dyeing shop "Tint".

Architecture

The building represents the style of picturesque architecture, typical of Fritz Weidner projects.[3] Originally, the south peak building had an adorned façade.

  • Panorama on the Gdanska Street, George Sikorski Tenement on the left, N°33 on the right
  • Main elevation
  • Advertising for G. Sikorski in the 1910s

See also

References
  1. Adress und Telefonbücher von Bromberg-1903-p.180
  2. Adress und Telefonbücher vonBromberg-1933-p.7
  3. WDaria Bręczewska-Kulesza, Wpływ architektury i architektów berlińskich na bydgoskie budownictwo mieszkaniowe na przełomie XIX i XX stulecia

Bibliography
  • (in Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. : Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
  • (in Polish) Daria Bręczewska-Kulesza, Wpływ architektury i architektów berlińskich na bydgoskie budownictwo mieszkaniowe na przełomie XIX i XX stulecia.
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