Tenement at Gdanska street 95, Bydgoszcz

Tenement at Gdanska street 95 is a historical habitation building located at Gdańska Street N°95, in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Tenement at Gdanska street 95
Polish: Kamienica Gdańska 95 w Bydgoszczy
Tenement from Gdanska Street
General information
Type	Tenement
Architectural style	Modern architecture
Location	Gdanska Street 95, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Coordinates	53°7′59″N 18°0′37″E
Groundbreaking	1912
Completed	1913[1]
Technical details
Floor count	5
Design and construction
Architect	Paul Sellner

Location

The building stands on the western side of Gdańska Street, between Chocimska street and Świętojańska street.

It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street:

• Paul Storz Tenement at N°81;
• Villa Carl Grosse at N°84;
• Tenement at Gdańska street 86;
• Villa Hugo Hecht at N°88-90;
• Tenement at Gdańska street 91;
• Hugo Hecht tenement at N°92-94;
• Carl Bradtke Tenement at N°93.

History

The house was built in 1912-1913,[1] on a design by Bydgoszcz's architect Paul Sellner. At the time, the address was "Danzigerstrasse 54, Bromberg.[2]

In 1914, Robert Schulz set up a restaurant on the ground floor[3] that operated until 1920.

Architecture

Tenement presents an early modernist style.[4]

The three-storey avant-corps are decorated with laurel wreaths and stylized vases and flowers low-reliefs. A dissymetry is created by balconies on the right side and logias on the opposite side.[4] Inside, the building has got a preserved elevator with a wrought metal door.

Paul Sellner, the architect, has been a student of architect Karl Bergner. In 1904, he opened his own architectural study office in Bromberg, where he stayed at least until 1922.[4] In Bydgoszcz Paul Sellner designed also another habitation house at Świętojańska Street 2, (intersection with Gdańska Street) in 1911-1912.

Gallery

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  Frontage on Gdanska street
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  Reliefs details

See also

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

References

1. 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 1915: auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1915. p. 68.
3. Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1914: auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1914. p. 459.
4. Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.

Bibliography

• Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. - Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003