page_title: Old Market square, Bydgoszcz
section_title: Southern frontages
hierarchical_section_title: Old Market square, Bydgoszcz / Main buildings / Southern frontages
caption_attribution_description: Polski: Bydgoszcz, dzielnica Starego Miasta, 1238 This is a photo of a monument in Poland identified by the ID 601204
context_page_description: Bydgoszcz Old Market square is an oblong place, situated in the old town district of the city of Bydgoszcz. The City Hall flanks one of its side, and nearby is located St. Martin and St. Nicholas Cathedral.
context_section_description: House at No.12, corner with Stephen Báthory street 1
  
  17th century, 1877
  
  Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List (N°A/350/1), February 2, 1993
  Neo-Renaissance
  The rebuilding in 1877 was ordered by Ludwig Badt, a  merchant and vinegar producer, living at abutting house at No.14, then Friedrichplatz 7. His successor, Theodor Thiel, ran there a clothing and decoration shop from the end of the 1880s till the beginning of the 20th century.
  From 1993 to 2014, an art café, Węgliszek, was established on the ground floor. Węgliszek originates from the so-called name of one of Pan Tardowski's mischievous friends. The figure of the devil can still be observed on the motifs of the facades, in particular in one of the stained glass windows adorning today's establishment.
  The tenement owes its present appearance to a thorough reconstruction in the Neo-Renaissance spirit, realized in 1877, according to the design of Gustav Weihe. The facades are topped with an extended cornice on corbels, with a convoluted frieze made of pearled ornaments. The building still possesses gothic cellars, where elements of a 15th-century pub activity have been discovered.
  House at No.14
  
  17th century, 1901
  Eclecticism
  In the 1880s, Ludwig Badt, a  merchant and vinegar producer, lived as a landlord here, while owning the building at No.12. In 1901, Sally Schendell, a merchant, had the house rebuilt with today's outlook. At that time, a clothing shop was housed on the ground floor. After WWI and the end of Prussian occupation, a Polish shop of clothing owned by F. Chudziński stood there (1920-1923).
  In the early 1970s, the Medyk Club was housed in the preserved Gothic vaults of the cellars. It was one of the most popular clubs in Bydgoszcz, in the 1970s and 1980s, especially frequented by bohemian artists, flourishing with various musical forms: jazz, baroque, opera, sung poetry, piano recitals. The club closed in 1996.
  The present shape of the building originates from a 1901 reconstruction. The frontage giving on the Old Market is peculiarly decorated, with a narrow bay window flouncing out the elevation, capped with plastered bat-shaped gargoyles supporting a tiny balcony. The jagged gable, unique on the square, draws attention. 
  Emil Gamm House at No.16, Zaułek street 3
  
  1860
  
  Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List (N°A/347/1), January 5, 1993
  Neo-Renaissance
  It has been the property of the Gamm family from the 1850s to the late 1920s. Emil Gamm was the founder of a soap manufactory, registered at then Markt Platz 79: he commissioned the reconstruction of the old building in 1860.
  Main eye-catcher of the facade is a middle avant-corps, teeming with symbols and motifs. There, two allegorical figures of Fortune and Justice stand on pedestal in their niches, they are flanked by pilastered arched windows bearing figurative ornaments in cartouches. The avant-corps is topped by an eagle spreading wings. 
  Eberle House at No.18, Zaułek street 5
  
  1898
  Eclecticism
  The house has been reconstructed under the direction of Gustav Eberle, who took over the delicatessen business from his relative Adolf. At the beginning of the 20th century, the establishment transformed to a wine cellar and bar. In 1991, it housed the local Amateur's Folk Art Gallery (Polish: Galeria Sztuki Ludowej i Nieprofesjonalnej), which moved in 2000 to Kościelecki Square 6.
  The frontage displays bossage motifs on the ground floor and a heavy balcony girdled by a balustrade. Compliant to eclectic precepts, the top level is highlighted by an empty niche, high relief pilasters and crowned by ornaments (corbels, various pediments and a finial bearing the date of the building)
  Siuchniński's and Stobiecki's Department Store at No.20, Zaułek street 7
  
  1911
  Art Nouveau
  The initial building had Baroque features. In 1911, Mieczysław Siuchniński and Roman Stobiecki razed it to have the actual edifice built, on a design by Otto Müller. It was the largest department store in Bydgoszcz at that time and the only one where all the staff was Polish. Other retailing stores a
caption: View of the southern frontages
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