Alfred Schleusener Tenement in Bydgoszcz

The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska street, between Słowackiego street and Adam Mickiewicz Alley. It is adjacent to:

• Carl Meyer tenement at N°60,
• Eduard Schulz Tenement at N°66-68,

both historical buildings in Bydgoszcz.

The edifice has been designed and built by Alfred Schleusener as a house for his own use, which address was then Danzigerstraße 137.[1]

This type of realization (an architect building his own house) is pretty common in Gdańska Street , since other builders did the same at this time:

• Carl Meyer, at N°60;
• Carl Rose, at N°51;
• Fritz Weidner, at N°34;
• Józef Święcicki, at N°63.

The building has a distinctive urban character and was erected in 1910-1911. It had a residential wing distinct from the business and trade premises.[2]

In the same area of Bydgoszcz, Alfred Schleusener has also realized :

• Tenement Carl Meinhardt at Gdańska street 27, in 1909;
• Robert Grundtmann Tenement at Słowackiego street 1, in 1906.

The building has been realized in the style of early, classic modernism.[3]

On the one hand, vertical elevations are highlighted as structural elements of the building by using strings loggias, balconies and bay windows. On the other hand, vertical divisions are highlighted using pilaster and friezes between windows.

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  Detailed view of the upper facade
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  Detail on a bay window
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  Low-Relief
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  Detail of the gate adornement
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  Facade details

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