Type Tenement Country Poland Opened 1906 Construction started 1905 | Architectural style German historicism Completed 1906 Floors 5 Architect Fritz Weidner | |
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Classification N°601299-Reg.A/1059, August 26th, 1996 Location Gdańska street 42, Bydgoszcz, Poland Similar Theonia Reichhardt House in, Hugo Hecht tenement, Mix Ernst tenement in Bydgos, Julius Grey house in Bydgoszcz | ||
Max Rosenthal House is a historical tenement located at Gdańska Street N°42 in downtown Bydgoszcz, Poland, built when the city was part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
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Location
The building stands on the eastern side of the street, between Krasinski and Słowacki streets. It is adjacent to the Stanisław Miaskowski house.
History
The building was built between 1905 and 1906 on the site of a previous house from 1874. At this time, the address was "Danziger Strasse 149, Bromberg". It was designed by the architect Fritz Weidner, following a commission from the shipping investor (German: Spediteur) Max Rosenthal. The first tenant was Friedrich Herzer, who ran a men's fashion salon offering elegant clothing, uniforms and sportswear until World War I.
Fritz Weidner was a German builder who came to Bydgoszcz at the end of the 19th century. He conducted frantic building activity in the city between 1896 and 1914. From 1912, he lived in the house he built for himself at Gdańska 34.
In the same area, Fritz Weidner built houses at the following addresses:
- Mix Ernst tenement and movie theatre at Gdanska St. 10 in 1905;
- Thomas Frankowski Tenement at Gdanska St. 28 in 1897;
- George Sikorski Tenement at Gdańska St. 31, in 1906;
- Ernst Bartsch tenement at Gdańska St.79, in 1898;
- House at Freedom Square 3, in 1903.
Architecture
The tenement at the time reflected the new artistic trends in architecture during the first decade of the 20th century in Germany, where the stucco decoration is reduced to a minimum, leaving room for the system of architectural elements that make up the facade.
The tone of the facade underlines the pair of gallery-connected balconies, supported by massive corbels. The whole is crowned with a broken-semicircular mansard roof.
The interiors have still preserved stoves, staircases, glass elevators and stained glass windows.
The building has been put on the Pomeranian heritage list (N°601299-Reg.A/1059), on 26 August 1996.