Krasiński Street 2, Bydgoszcz

Tenement at Krasiński street 2
Tenement at Krasiński street 2
Polish: Kamienica Krasińskiego 2 w Bydgoszczy
	View from Gdańska Street
General information
Type	Tenement
Architectural style	Classic Modern architecture
Classification	Nr.601371-Reg.A/1090, 15 December 1993
Location	2 Krasiński street, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Country	Poland
Coordinates	53°7′41″N18°0′21″E / 53.12806°N 18.00583°E
Completed	1912
Owner	Bonifacy Cyrus (following owner)
Technical details
Floor count	5
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Franz Julius Knüpfer

Last updated December 24, 2022

The tenement at 2 Krasinski street is an historical building, ancient palace, in downtown Bydgoszcz.

Location

The building stands on the eastern side of Gdańska Street, at the corner with Krasiński street.

History

The building, erected in 1912, has been designed by German architect Franz Julius Knüpfer. Knüpfer was born in 1861 in Zeulenroda . He worked in 1886–1898 in Berlin and came in 1898 to Bydgoszcz where he met Heinrich Seeling when the latter was working on the project of Bydgoszcz theatre.^[2] Both were born at the same place in German empire. Knüpfer died in 1915 in Bydgoszcz.

In Bydgoszcz, he also designed at the same period the LEO factory producing shoes, at the corner of Kościuszko and Chocimski Street for the Weynerowski family.^[2] The house originally had a large glass commercial premise on the ground floor.^[3]

In 1917, the owner of the building was Boniface Cyrus,^[4] who ran here a department store and an exclusive fashion shop following the parisian mode, promoting fashions from abroad.

In the 1920s, Boniface Cyrus organized fashion shows for wealthy clients in luxurious places like the Civil Casino, the Municipal Theatre and, from the 1930s, in his own apartments on the first floor at Krasinski street 2.

At the end of 2017, a thorough refurbishing has been completed on both elevations of the building.

Architecture

Franz Julius Knüpfer used forms of early classic modernism. Monumental forms are underscored by a combination:^[3]

bossage on ground and first floors;
vertical partitions using pilaster strips on the upper floors;
friezes at the edges.

The facade on Krasiński Street features some additional architectural elements: two bay windows, the entry gate topped with a triangular pediment flanked by two bowl shaped sculptures, and curved balconies. The ensemble has been entirely rebuilt in the 1920s.^[5]

The building has been registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List, Nr.601371 Reg.A/1090, on December 15, 1993.^[1]

Gallery

Advertising for Cyrus Shop in 1928
Facade on Gdańska street with friezes on the top
Bay window before restoration
View from Krasiński street
Corner view after renovation
Gate detail

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References

1 2 zabytek-kujawsko-pomorskie-issued=01.03.14
1 2 Lewińska, Aleksandra (10 April 2013). "Ile zawdzięczamy niemieckim architektom". bydgoszcz.gazeta.pl. bydgoszcz.gazeta. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
1 2 Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A (2003). Wysocka A. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.
↑ "names". Adressbuch nebst Allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg mit Vororten für das Jahr 1917 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1917. p. 61.
↑ Książka Adresowa, nebst Miasta Bydgoszczy (1926). "Alfabetyczny spis ulic". wydana w roku 1926. Bydgoszcz. p. 86.

Bibliography

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

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[zabytek-1] 1 2 zabytek-kujawsko-pomorskie-issued=01.03.14

[leo-2] 1 2 Lewińska, Aleksandra (10 April 2013). "Ile zawdzięczamy niemieckim architektom". bydgoszcz.gazeta.pl. bydgoszcz.gazeta. Retrieved 7 May 2017.

[ReferenceA-3] 1 2 Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A (2003). Wysocka A. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN 8386970103.

[4] "names". Adressbuch nebst Allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg mit Vororten für das Jahr 1917 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1917. p. 61.

[5] Książka Adresowa, nebst Miasta Bydgoszczy (1926). "Alfabetyczny spis ulic". wydana w roku 1926. Bydgoszcz. p. 86.

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