Julius Grey house in Bydgoszcz

Julius Grey house in Bydgoszcz
Polish: Kamienica Juliusa Greya w Bydgoszczy
Julius Grey house at Gdanska street 35, Bydgoszcz
View from Gdanska street
General information
Type Tenement
Architectural style Eclecticism
Location Gdańska street 35, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Country Poland
Coordinates 53°7′40″N 18°0′18″E / 53.12778°N 18.00500°E / 53.12778; 18.00500
Completed 1887
Renovated 1909
Client Julius Grey
Technical details
Floor count 3
Design and construction
Architect Hermann Lewandowski (1887) & Rudolf Kern (1909)

The Julius Grey house is a historical building in downtown Bydgoszcz, at Gdanska Street 35.

Location

The building stands on the west side of Gdańska Street between Dworcowa and Śniadeckich streets.

History

Origins

The investor was Julius Grey, a baker, which ran there a bakery then a confectionery factory in 1883.[1] At this time, the address was Danzigerstraße 23[2]

Juilius Grey decided to have this place rebuilt and asked, in 1887, master builder Hermann Lewandowski, living at Louisenstrasse 13 (now Hetmanska street) to manage the project. The same Lewandowski will later support the building of the grand edifice at Plac Wolności 1.

In 1909, the house has been rebuilt, designed by Rudolf Kern. This architect had already realized several edifices renovation in Bromberg:

Pastry shop

During interwar period, the Grey family ran on the groung floor a pastry shop (Polish: Cukiernia), see advertisement picture in the gallery), which was famous for the quality of its cakes.

Stanislaw Hass, a pastry chef who had been running café Cristal at Freedom Square 1, moved to the former premises of the Grey family, at Gdanska 35, where part of the Grey's equipment and stocks were still available. Until 2003, the "Cristal" cafe with its typical Art Nouveau décor has been located here, even when the Hass family moved the pastry in the 1960s.[3]

Architecture

The building was built in the style of Eclecticism using forms of German Historicism.

The edifice is remarkable by two symmetric rounded shape balconies with forged railings: they both enclose the large bay window standing above the entrance gate.

Window pediments are decorated with figure of a woman head.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "names". Wohnungs-Anzeiger nebst Adress- und Geschäfts-Handbuch für Bromberg und Umgebung : auf das Jahr 1883. Bromberg: Mittler. 1883. p. 36.
  2. ↑ "names". Wohnungs-Anzeiger nebst Adress- und Geschäfts-Handbuch für die Stadt Bromberg und Umgebung : auf das Jahr 1872. Bromberg: Mittler. 1872. p. 21.
  3. ↑ Zielazna, Jolanta (17 October 2012). "Najlepsza kawa i lody w Bydgoszczy? Tylko "u Hassa"". pomorska.pl. pomorska.pl. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

Bibliography

  • (in Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A.: Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny, Bydgoszcz 2003
Facade panorama neighbouring house at Gdanska street 35
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