The Julius Grey house is a historical building in downtown Bydgoszcz, at 35 Gdańska Street.
| Julius Grey house in Bydgoszcz | |
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Polish: Kamienica Juliusa Greya w Bydgoszczy | |
 View from Gdańska street | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Tenement |
| Architectural style | Eclecticism |
| Location | 35 Gdańska street, Bydgoszcz,  Poland |
| Country | Poland |
| Coordinates | 53°7′40″N 18°0′18″E / 53.12778°N 18.00500°E |
| Completed | 1887 |
| Renovated | 1909 |
| Client | Julius Grey |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Hermann Lewandowski (1887) & Rudolf Kern (1909) |
Location edit
The building stands on the west side of Gdańska Street between Dworcowa and Śniadeckich streets.
History edit
Origins edit
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 23 Danzigerstraße[2]
Juilius Grey decided to have this place rebuilt and asked, in 1887, master builder Hermann Lewandowski, living at 13 Louisenstrasse (now Hetmanska street) to manage the project. The same Lewandowski will later support the building of the grand edifice at 1 Plac Wolności.
In 1909, the house has been rebuilt, designed by Rudolf Kern. This architect had already realized several edifices renovation in Bromberg:
- a tenement at 5 Gdańska street in the same year;
- houses in Gdanska street (at 66-68, 67 & 158);
- a tenement at 10 Cieszkowskiego Street in 1902–1903.
Pastry shop edit
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 1 Freedom Square, moved to the former premises of the Grey family, at 35 Gdańska street, 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 edit
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.
Gallery edit
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Advertisement for Grey family pastry shop in 1925 -
Enlarge view from Gdańska street, showing part of neighbouring facade of house at Gdańska street 33 -
Pediment with woman figure
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "names". Wohnungs-Anzeiger nebst Adress- und Geschäfts-Handbuch für Bromberg und Umgebung : auf das Jahr 1883. Bromberg: Mittler. 1883. p. 36.
- ^ "names". Wohnungs-Anzeiger nebst Adress- und Geschäfts-Handbuch für die Stadt Bromberg und Umgebung : auf das Jahr 1872. Bromberg: Mittler. 1872. p. 21.
- ^ Zielazna, Jolanta (17 October 2012). "Najlepsza kawa i lody w Bydgoszczy? Tylko "u Hassa"". pomorska.pl. pomorska.pl. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
External links edit
- (in Polish) City archives related to the Hass family
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.
