Carl Rose Tenement
| Carl Rose Tenement in Bydgoszcz | |
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Polish: Kamienica Carla Rose w Bydgoszczy | |
 View from Gdańska street | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | Eclecticism & elements from Art Nouveau |
| Location | 51 Gdańska street, Bydgoszcz,  Poland |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°7′46″N 18°0′24″E / 53.12944°N 18.00667°E |
| Construction started | 1903 |
| Completed | 1904 |
| Client | Carl Rose |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 5 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Carl Rose |
The Carl Rose Tenement is a historical building in downtown Bydgoszcz.
Location[edit]
The tenement stands on the western side of Gdańska Street at Nr.51, between Śniadeckich and Cieszkowskiego streets.
History[edit]
The edifice has been built in 1903–1904, according to the project owner, architect Carl Rose. Its initial address was 29 Danzigerstaße.[1] Carl Rose was born on December 11, 1864, in Barth, Germany. He has attended high school in Stralsund. In 1882, he began apprenticeship in Bromberg in the company of Albert Rose his uncle, a master mason in the city since 1866. For further education he traveled to Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Later, he worked as a construction manager in the construction of government buildings in Berlin.
In September 1890, Rose returned to Bydgoszcz to take over the company his defunct uncle. He took part to the construction of the house in the courtyard of Emil Bernhardt tenement in Bydgoszcz. Professionally, he was active in Bromberg at least until 1920.[2] As of 7 June 1898, he belonged to the masonic lodge "Janus" in Bydgoszcz.
Interwar period[edit]
After World War I, the tenement was the propriety of Roman Lisiecki from Żnin.[3] In the building in July 1926, next to cafe "Kawiarni Wiejskiej" opened an "Orbis" agency, which sold train tickets home and abroad. Both the Cafe and the agency were run by two women displaced from the Eastern Borderlands at the end of WWI, Janina Zabłocka and her friend Kicińska.[4]
Also in 1926, Zygmunt Grabowski from Warsaw opened "Zygmunt", a barber salon and a shop selling perfumes and cosmetics.
Architecture[edit]
The facade, though worn out by time, display several details, related to Art Nouveau style. The portal is flanked by columns that joins above a transom light adorned with vegetal motifs. The main wooden door is intertwined with a delicate wrought-iron lace. Overhanging the portal, a large bay window towering through three levels ends up with a terrace. On both side, on can notice wrought-iron balconies, bearing different motifs, crowned at the hird floor by loggias. The top gable of the elevation is curved, enhanced on each side by eyelid dormers.
Gallery[edit]
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Main elevation from Gdańska street -
Detail of the bay-window -
Wrought-iron balconies -
Art Nouveau Portal
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Straßen". Adress- und Telefonbücher von Bromberg. Bromberg. 1905. p. 29.
{{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 9788386970100.
- ^ Książka Adresowa Miasta Bydgoszczy. Bydgoszcz. 1928. p. 59.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Chmielewska, Gizela (12 February 2015). "O rodzinie Zabłockich, Kawiarni Wiejskiej i ortalionach". pomorska.pl. Polska Press Sp. z o. o. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
Bibliography[edit]
- (in Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 9788386970100.
