Type Tenement Renovated 1903, 1908 Opened 1892 Groundbreaking 1889 | Completed 1892 Client Hugo Hecht Floors 3 Architect Józef Święcicki | |
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Classification N°A/269/1, 21 August 1991 Location Gdanska Street 92-94, Bydgoszcz, Poland Architectural style Renaissance Revival architecture Similar Villa Hugo Hecht in Bydgoszcz, Theonia Reichhardt House in, Alexander Timm House, Julius Grey house in Bydgoszcz | ||
The Hugo Hecht tenement is a habitation building located at Gdanska Street 92-94, in Bydgoszcz. The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska Street between Zamoyski street and Chodkiewicz street. It stands close to notable tenements in the same street, including: the Villa Carl Grosse at N°84; the Otto Riedl Tenement at N° 85; Villa Hugo Hecht at N°88-90; and the Tenement at Gdanska street 91.
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History
The two houses have been built in the years 1889-1890 (N°92) and 1891-1892 (N° 94). They were part of a project of six close stylish buildings ordered by the merchant and dealer in timber Hugo Felix Franz Hecht. He assigned Bydgoszcz architect Józef Święcicki to realize his scheme.
In 1903 a residential northern wing has been added to N°92, designed by George Weiss. Five years later, N°94 building has been enriched with a vertical glazed steel-framed veranda, also designed by George Weiss. At this time, Mr Berger, the chief of the Police was living at this address ("Danzigerstrasse 123-124").
In 1922-1933, N°92 owner was Jan Maciaszek, the first interwar Mayor of Bydgoszcz, who took the power from the German hands in 1920.
Marshal Józef Piłsudski has been accommodated in this house in June 1921 during his stay in Bydgoszcz. In memory, a plaque realized by a local sculptor, Theodore Gajewski, has been put on the facade.
Features
Both buildings, in their motives, are an example of style connected to Neo-Renaissance and Mannerism from various influences, predominantly French one.
In the same area, Józef Święcicki also realized other edifices including: Hotel "Pod Orlem" at Gdanska St. 14; the Oskar Ewald Tenement at Gdanska St. 30; the Józef Święcicki tenement at Gdanska St. 63; Tenement at Gdanska street 86; and the Tenement at Freedom Square 1.
The building has been put on the Pomeranian heritage list (N°A/269/1) on 21 August 1991.