Hugo Hecht tenement in Bydgoszcz

Hugo Hecht tenement
Polish: Kamienice Hugona Hechta w Bydgoszczy
Tenement from Gdanska Street
Tenement from Gdanska Street
General information
Type Tenement
Architectural style French Neo-Renaissance
Classification N°A/269/1, 21 August 1991[1]
Location Gdanska Street 92-94, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Coordinates 53°8′02″N 18°0′42″E / 53.13389°N 18.01167°E / 53.13389; 18.01167
Groundbreaking 1889
Completed 1892
Renovated 1903, 1908
Client Hugo Hecht
Technical details
Floor count 3
Design and construction
Architect Józef Święcicki

The Hugo Hecht tenement is a historical habitation building located in Bydgoszcz, Poland. It is registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage List.

Location

The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska Street, at N°92-94, between Zamoyskiego and Chodkiewicz streets. It stands close to notable tenements in the same street, such as the Villa Carl Grosse (at N°84), Otto Riedl Tenement (at N° 85), Villa Hugo Hecht (at N°88-90) or the Tenement at Gdanska street 91.

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.[2] 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[3] (then 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.

Architecture

Both buildings, in their motives, are an example of style connected to Neo-Renaissance and Mannerism from various influences, predominantly French one.[4]

In the same area, Józef Święcicki also realized other edifices including: Hotel "Pod Orlem" (Gdańska Street 14), the Oskar Ewald Tenement (Gdańska Street 30), the Józef Święcicki tenement (Gdańska Street 63), the Tenement at Gdanska street 86 and the Tenement at Plac Wolności 1.

The building at N°92 has been put on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List N°601317 Reg.A/967, on August 21, 1991.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ kujawsko-pomorskie list issued28.02.2014
  2. ↑ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1889: auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1889.
  3. ↑ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr 1910: auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1910. p. 93.
  4. ↑ Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.
  5. ↑ kujawsko-pomorskie list issued28.02.2014

Bibliography

  • (in Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A., [i inni]: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
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