His activity became, in a sense, an indicator of Bydgoszcz building traditions, bridging old neo classicist masters and their successors, inspired by Historicism and Art Nouveau.

Anton was registered as involved in masonry when settling in Bydgoszcz: it seems likely he began his apprenticeship in Łobżenica, knowing the basics of profession while arriving in Bromberg at age 23, where he worked as an independent (his first own designs date back to 1847).

[5] With the help of address books, one can consequently work out the different houses he lived in with his family:[6] Unlike his colleagues, he was not involved in lucrative and relatively popular real estate: many of his contemporaries purchased plots of land, invested in buildings, and then sold them for profit.

[7] Anton's architectural achievements, shaped under the influence of the older generation of architects active in Bydgoszcz from 1825 to the late 1860s, is inscribed in the city landscape.

Hoffmann, remarkably, designed and participated in the implementation of construction for half a century, working with most, if not all, of building companies in the city.

[3] By and large, front houses designed by Hoffmann are realized in classicist and neo-renaissance styles: he was a traditionalist, not looking for new solutions, but repeated proven composition patterns.

Loyal as he was to stylistic conservatism, Anton could not compete with the skills of the following generation, inspired by historicism and early Art Nouveau: hence he was not remembered for any prestigious building.