Alfred Schleusener Tenement

Alfred Schleusener Tenement
Alfred Schleusener Tenement
Polish: Kamienica Alfreda Schleusenera w Bydgoszczy
	View from Gdańska Street
General information
Type	Tenement
Architectural style	Modern architecture
Location	62 Gdańska Street, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Coordinates	53°7′52″N 18°0′32″E / 53.13111°N 18.00889°E
Groundbreaking	1910
Completed	1911
Client	Alfred Schleusener
Technical details
Floor count	5
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Alfred Schleusener

Alfred Schleusener tenement is a tenement located at 62 Gdańska Street in Bydgoszcz.

Location

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 60;
Eduard Schulz Tenement at 66/68;

both historical buildings in Bydgoszcz.

History

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 60;
Carl Rose, at 51;
Fritz Weidner, at 34;
Józef Święcicki, at 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 27 Gdańska street, in 1909;
Robert Grundtmann Tenement at 1 Słowackiego street, in 1906.

Architecture

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.

Gallery

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

Bibliography

(in Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 9788386970100.

References

^ Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von, Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr (1911). "Straßen". auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. p. 99.
^ Adressbuch nebst Allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg mit Vororten für das Jahr 1915 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg. 1915. p. Dittmann.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.

[1] Adressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von, Bromberg und dessen Vororten auf das Jahr (1911). "Straßen". auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. p. 99.

[2] Adressbuch nebst Allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg mit Vororten für das Jahr 1915 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg. 1915. p. Dittmann.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[3] Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.

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