Freedom Square stands as an elegant place of Downtown district (Polish: Śródmieście) of Bydgoszcz, ornamented by Art Nouveau buildings, a historical church, a memorial and a green park.

The land square was formerly part of the garden of 17th century monastery "Sisters of the Poor Clares", along with the area of today's park Casimir the Great.

In 1859, the square was extended to the south and planted with trees and greenery, the entire project being financed by Major General Helmut Carl Christian von Weltzien.

[2] Nursery trees in the square still functioned for several years, however, their importance was gradually reduced to the benefit of surfaces on which were erected buildings, High School Nr.1 and a church.

[3] This monument was short lived: after Bydgoszcz returned to Polish territory in 1919, the statue was dismantled and moved to the city of Meseritz (Międzyrzecz).

It remained for 40 years the most attractive sculpture of the city and a symbol of downtown Bydgoszcz, before being partially dismantled and melted down by German forces.

During the interwar period, Freedom Square was one of the most charming and well-kept places in Bydgoszcz, embellished by carpets of flowers.

In 1945, a memorial to freedom has been by architect Jan Kossowski at the center of the square, in honor of Soviet and Polish soldiers – liberators of the city from Nazi occupation.

In 1995, a bronze bas-relief (by Aleksander Dętkoś) was fixed on the memorial, commemorating both the fight for independence of the Poles and the return of Bydgoszcz city to Poland on 20 January 1920.

During the Polish People's Republic, a cannon stood on the square, in honor of a lieutenant colonel of the Red Army, Grzegorz Ivanovich Bolshanin.

The Freedom Square is enclosed by several different buildings on its northern front, several styles being represented, including Art Nouveau at Nr.3, Eclecticism at N.1 and 5, and Modern architecture at N.7.

The edifice has an asymmetrical façade, the way Weidner design other tenements (e.g. at Gdańska Street Nr.28, Nr.31 or Nr.34), with typical Art Nouveau motifs: feminine masks, owls and beehive.

A sculpture "Jeans Andrew" by Peter Wagner was unveiled in the 11th anniversary of the death of the artist, as a tribute to the Bydgoszcz art painter.

"Jeans Andrew" refers to the artist's most famous cycle – "Udżinsowieni" whose main theme is blue pants.

The main entry corridor displays stuccoed pilasters and a multicolored terrazzo floor with geometric motifs.

The facade is clad with sandstone, and the glazed ground floor was originally occupied by a Chevrolet car dealer, Antoni Butowski.

[13] It served as a military hospital during World War II, and from 1975 to 1993 it was a pulmonary diseases clinic with an X-ray laboratory.