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Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

, view from Gdańska street , building_type = Tenement , architectural_style = Eclecticism,

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, , client = Aleksander Timm , owner = , current_tenants = , landlord = , location_country = Poland , coordinates = , altitude = , start_date = , completion_date = , inauguration_date = 1852 & 1910 (renovation) , demolition_date = , height = , diameter = , other_dimensions = , floor_count = 3 , floor_area = , architect = B. Brinkmann, O.F.W. Muller , url = , references = Alexander Timm House is a tenement located in

, Poland, at 17 Gdańska street.

Location

The building stands at the intersection of Gdańska and

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streets.

History

The house has been built at the initiative of

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Alexander William Timm in 1852. It was designed by architect B. Brinkmann. Once erected, it was one of the largest tenement houses in the city of

Bromberg Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...

. The building has been rebuilt in 1910, as commissioned by the city councillor Carl Beck, and designed by O. M. W. Muller. On the wall near the entrance on Gdańska street 17, a

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has been placed in honor of Stanisław Brzęczkowski (1897-1955), an artist and educator, who worked at the

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at 1 Jagiellońska Street. At the end of 2017, a deep restoration of the building has taken place, underlining the different architectural details.

Architecture

Tenement presents architectural forms of

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, with touches of medieval architecture revival. The southern facade elevation is flanked by octagonal slender towers, topped with battlements. On preserved iconography, one can notice facades painted in red, as for a brick defense wall, putting the finishing touch to the medieval setting. It is the area's oldest two-storey tenement house.

Gallery

File:GSKA 17 2.jpg, The tenement ca 1916 File:Building Gdska street 17.JPG, Southern facade of the building File:Building Gdska street 17 2.JPG, Facade onto Pomorska Street File:Building Gdska street 17 3.JPG, Plaque in memory of Stanisław Brzęczkowski File:Facade on Gdanska street.jpg, Facade on Gdańska street after restoration File:Detail of the facade.jpg, Details of the facade

References

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