Alexander Timm House

Alexander Timm House is a tenement located in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at 17 Gdańska street.

Alexander Timm House
Polish: Kamienica Aleksandra Timma w Bydgoszczy
Alexander Timm House in Bydgoszcz, view from Gdanska street
General information
Type	Tenement
Architectural style	Eclecticism, Neoclassicism
Location	17 Gdańska street, Bydgoszcz,  Poland
Country	Poland
Coordinates	53°07′35″N 18°0′12″E
Inaugurated	1852 & 1910 (renovation)
Client	Aleksander Timm
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Architect	B. Brinkmann, O.F.W. Muller

Location

The building stands at the intersection of Gdańska and Pomorska streets.[1]

History

The house has been built at the initiative of rentier Alexander William Timm in 1852.[2][3]

It was designed by architect B. Brinkmann. Once erected, it was one of the largest tenement houses in the city of Bromberg.[4]

The building has been rebuilt in 1910, as commissioned by the city councillor Carl Beck, and designed by O. M. W. Muller.

On the wall near the entrance on Gdańska street 17, a plaque has been placed in honor of Stanisław Brzęczkowski (1897-1955), an artist and educator, who worked at the printing house at 1 Jagiellońska Street.[5]

At the end of 2017, a deep restoration of the building has taken place, underlining the different architectural details.

Architecture

Tenement presents architectural forms of historism, with touches of medieval architecture revival.

The southern facade elevation is flanked by octagonal slender towers, topped with battlements. On preserved iconography, one can notice facades painted in red,[1] as for a brick defense wall, putting the finishing touch to the medieval setting. It is the area's oldest two-storey tenement house.[6]

Gallery

• 
  The tenement ca 1916
• 
  Southern facade of the building
• 
  Facade onto Pomorska Street
• 
  Plaque in memory of Stanisław Brzęczkowski
• 
  Facade on Gdanska street after restoration
• 
  Details of the facade

Panorama with Alexander Timm House (right) and Department Store "Jedynak" (left)

See also

• Bydgoszcz
• Dworcowa Street in Bydgoszcz
• Gdanska Street in Bydgoszcz
• Pomorska Street in Bydgoszcz

References

1. Jastrzębska-Puzowska, Iwona (2005). Od miasteczka do metropolii. Rozwój architektoniczny i urbanistyczny Bydgoszczy w latach 1850–1920. Toruń: Wydawnictwo MADO. ISBN 9788389886385.
2. Einwohner, Adress und Telefonbücher von Bromberg -1858. Bromberg: Aronsohn. 1858. p. 35.
3. Kuczma, Rajmund (2005). Mała encyklopedia Bydgoszczy - liteda "D". Kalendarz Bydgoski. Bydgoszcz: TOWARZYSTWO MIŁOŚNIKÓW MIASTA BYDGOSZCZY.
4. zbyszekf60 (2007). "Kamienica Alexandra Wilhelma Timma". polskaniezwykla.pl. polskaniezwykla.pl. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
5. Błażejewski Stanisław, Kutta Janusz (1995). Bydgoski Słownik Biograficzny. Tom II. Bydgoszcz. ISBN 83-85327-27-4.
6. Bydgoszcz Guide. Bydgoszcz: City of Bydgoszcz. July 2014. p. 99. ISBN 83-917786-7-3.

Bibliography

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