Type Tenement Floor count 5 Floors 5 Architect Rudolf Kern | Completed 1908 Opened 1908 Groundbreaking 1906 | |
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Architectural style Modern architecture & Eclecticism Location Gdanska Street 71, Bydgoszcz, Poland Similar Eduard Schulz Tenemen, Julius Grey house in Bydgoszcz, Theonia Reichhardt House in, August Mentzel Tenement | ||
Tenement at Gdanska street 71 is a habitation building located at Gdańska Street N°71, in Bydgoszcz.
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Location
The building stands on the western side of Gdańska Street, between Cieszkowski and Świętojańska streets. It is located close to remarkable tenements in the same street:
History
The house was built in 1906-1908, designed by the architect Rudolf Kern, who also erected or redesigned other buildings in Gdanska Street:
After the construction, a surgeon, Dr Dettmer had his clinic in the back and his private house. At Bromberg's time, the address was "DanzigerStrasse 42".
In 1924, the Office of the City bought the building and organized here the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of the Municipal Hospital, was surrounded by a garden.
In 1934, the Headquarters of the Polish Army Corps District N° VIII was located there.
The tenement has been the seat, since 1938-1939, of the Municipal Conservatoire, and between 1945 and 1958 it housed the school headquarters.
Currently, the building in the backyard (where stood the clinic) is owned by the Music Schools of Bydgoszcz. A concert hall John Paul II concert hall) is located here.
Features
The building presents architectural forms of Modern architecture and Eclecticism. The facade is adorned with stylish ornaments, such as Auricular style details, characteristic of Mannerism and Rococo periods.
The first floor is decorated with bas-reliefs and gargoyles, whereas the third level is enriched with cartouches and upper friezes.