Carl Bradtke Tenement

Carl Bradtke tenement
Polish: Kamienica Carla Bradtke w Bydgoszczy
Tenement from Gdanska Street
View from Gdanska Street
Map
General information
TypeTenement
Architectural styleGerman Historicism, rokoko elements
ClassificationNr.A/1126/1-4, June 5, 1993[1]
Location Poland
Address93 Gdanska Street
Town or cityBydgoszcz
CountryPoland
Coordinates53°7′58″N 18°0′37″E / 53.13278°N 18.01028°E / 53.13278; 18.01028
Construction started1895
Completed1896
ClientCarl Bradtke
Technical details
Floor count4
Design and construction
Architect(s)Józef Święcicki

The Carl Bradtke Tenement is a historical habitation building located at 93 Gdańska Street, in Bydgoszcz, Poland It is registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage list.

Location

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

It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street:

History

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The house was built in 1895-1896, on a design by architect Joseph Święcicki for a master stonecutter Carl Bradtke. Carl Bradtke worked also with Fritz Weidner for the erection of a nearby building at Nr.91.

The house, from the beginning, had been thought as a rental building as well as a trading one with two wings merging at the rear. The initials of the first owner ("CB") appear in a cartouche of an upper pediment.

The initial address of the house was 53 Danzigerstrasse.[2]

At the beginning of the 20th century, the tenement housed a bicycles dealer, company Patria, run by Erich Krahn, .[3]

In the 1920s a patisserie (Polish: Piekarnia) owned by Emil Kobielski had been operating in the building.[4]

Features

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The building has a richly decorated facade with two small side gables, in which stands a gargoyle on a background of ostrich feathers. The architect created a functional complex of buildings centered around a rectangular courtyard enclosed at the back. A hallway allows to get the residential house located at the back of the garden.

The front building follows the Historicism style with references to Neo-Baroque and Rococo.[5] In the same area, Józef Święcicki also realized other edifices:

The building has been put on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List Nr.601318 Reg.A/1126/1-4, on June 5, 1993.[6]

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ kujawsko-pomorskie list issued28.02.2014
  2. ^ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1896 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1896.
  3. ^ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1900 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1900.
  4. ^ Książka Adresowa Miasta Bydgoszczy : wydana w roku 1926. Bydgoszcz. 1926.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.
  6. ^ kujawsko-pomorskie list issued28.02.2014

Bibliography

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  • 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)