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, image_alt = Tenement at 31 Gdańska street , Bydgoszcz
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Tenement
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, location = 31 Gdańska street,
Bydgoszcz,
, client = Georg Sikorski
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, location_country = Poland
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, start_date = 1902
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, completion_date = 1903
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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 ...
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The George Sikorski Tenement is a house located at 31
Gdańska Street, between
Pomorska and
Śniadeckich streets in
Bydgoszcz,
Poland
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History
The house was built in 1902–1903 for the barber George Sikorski; at this time its address was ''20 Danzigerstrasse,
Bromberg''.
It was designed by the architect
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 ...
, 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
34 Gdańska street
In the same area, Fritz Weidner built houses at the following addresses: the
Mix Ernst tenement and movie theatre at 10 Gdańska Street(1905), the
Thomas Frankowski Tenement at 28 Gdańska Street (1897), the
Max Rosental Tenement at 42 Gdańska Street (1905), the Ernst Bartsch tenement at 79 Gdańska Street (1898) and the
House at 3 Freedom Square 3 (1903).
During the
interwar period, the ground floor housed Edward Kozlowski's jewelry store. At the end of the 1930s, the family Kałamajski moved from
building at 27 Gdansk st. to install a dyeing shop, ''Tint''.
Architecture
The building represents the style of picturesque architecture, typical of Fritz Weidner projects.
Originally, the south peak building had an adorned façade.
Gallery
File:Bdg Gdanska pnr 20 07-2013.jpg, Panorama on the Gdanska Street, George Sikorski Tenement on the left, Nr.33 on the right
File:Bdg Gdanska31 07-2013.jpg, Main elevation
File:Advert sikorski.jpg, Advertising for G. Sikorski in the 1910s
See also
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Bydgoszcz
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Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
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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 ...
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Downtown district in Bydgoszcz
References
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{{Bydgoszcz historical housing
Buildings and structures on Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz
Residential buildings completed in 1903