In the middle of the 19th century, Karl Hildebrandt a judicial executor opened in the back yard a summer garden and a bowling. In 1882, in the garden at the back of the property was built a wooden summer theater, originally called Victoria, on the design of architects Józef Święcicki and Anton Hoffmann. Theater and concerts performances were held here.[1]
The new house was standing on a previous building where Eduard Schulz was living since 1893.[2] He had there his restaurant, Elysium.
The tenement has been built in 1904-1905 for the restaurateur Eduard Schulz by the architect Rudolf Kern.
The building is stretched along Nr.66 and Nr.68 of Gdańska Street: both houses formed a complex network for house and business purposes. Its address was, in Bromberg's time, 134 Danzigerstrasse.[2]
Eduard Schulz opened there a new restaurant, Zum Reichskanzler (To the Reich Chancellor).
In 1922, the Company Deutsches Haus became the new owner of the lot: it ran in the premises a restaurant, a German theater Deutsche Bühne and a hotel until 1945.
After World War II, a new restaurant, Słowianka, has been set up there.
In the period 1947-1949 at the very place of the old wood theater was built the actual Polish Theatre by architect Alfons Licznerski.
In the upper levels a disco club opened in November 1975.
Today, Nr.68 houses the District Chamber of Legal Advisers of Bydgoszcz.[3]
Eduard Schulz tenement has got an Art Nouveau decorated facade decoration, significantly impoverished as a result of renovation and rehabilitation.[1]
Initial decoration of Nr.66 frontage have been revived by a refurbishment during summer 2016. Likewise, on the facade of Nr.68, one can still notice gargoyles and stylized floral motifs. Inside are still preserved a staircase with its original door, railings and stuccoes.
^ abBręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN8386970103.
^ abAdressbuch nebst allgemeinem Geschäfts-Anzeiger von Bromberg mit Vorvorten für 1906 : auf Grund amtlicher und privater Unterlagen. Bromberg: Dittmann. 1906.
(in Polish) Bręczewska-Kulesza Daria, Derkowska-Kostkowska Bogna, Wysocka A. (2003). Ulica Gdańska. Przewodnik historyczny. Bydgoszcz: Wojewódzki Ośrodek Kultury w Bydgoszczy. ISBN9788386970100.
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