Alfred Schleusener tenement is a tenement located at 62
Gdańska Street in
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 ...
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Location
The building stands on the eastern side of
Gdańska street, between
Słowackiego street and
Adam Mickiewicz Alley.
It is adjacent to:
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Carl Meyer tenement at 60;
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Eduard Schulz Tenement at 66/68;
both historical buildings in
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 ...
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History
The edifice has been designed and built by
Alfred Schleusener as a house for his own use, which address was then ''Danzigerstraße 137''.
This type of realization (an architect building his own house) is pretty common in
Gdańska Street , since other builders did the same at this time:
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Carl Meyer, at 60;
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Carl Rose, at 51;
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Fritz Weidner
Fritz Weidner (1863–1950) was an important designer and builder in Bromberg (Bydgoszcz, Poland). A vast majority of his works is associated with the city. He is one among many architects and builders who gave a characteristic shape to the town ...
, at 34;
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Józef Święcicki
Józef Święcicki (9 March 1859 – 3 November 1913) was a fecund designer and builder of Bydgoszcz, under Prussian rule. A vast majority of his eclectic-style works can still be found all around the city. Józef Swiecicki was part of architects ...
, at 63.
The building has a distinctive urban character and was erected in 1910-1911. It had a residential wing distinct from the business and trade premises.
In the same area of
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 ...
, Alfred Schleusener has also realized :
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Tenement Carl Meinhardt at 27 Gdańska street, in 1909;
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Robert Grundtmann Tenement at 1 Słowackiego street, in 1906.
Architecture
The building has been realized in the style of early, classic
modernism.
On the one hand, vertical elevations are highlighted as structural elements of the building by using strings
loggias,
balconies and
bay windows. On the other hand, vertical divisions are highlighted using
pilaster and
friezes between windows.
Gallery
File:Bdg Gdanska62 1 7-2015.jpg, Detailed view of the upper facade
File:Bdg Gdanska62 3 07-2013.jpg, Detail on a bay window
File:Bdg Gdanska62 2 07-2013.jpg, Low- Relief
File:Gdanska 62 detail21.jpg, Detail of the gate adornement
File:Gdanska 62 detail.JPG, Facade details
See also
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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 ...
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Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
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Alfred Schleusener
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Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
Bibliography
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References
{{Bydgoszcz historical housing
Buildings and structures on Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz
Residential buildings completed in 1911
Modernist architecture in Bydgoszcz