The building was built in 1859, on a selected area of the Brda river, and it was placed into active service on 1 October 1860, when the city was part of Prussia.

During the first 20 years of its existence, during which the city became part of the German Empire, the gasworks produced exclusively for street lighting:[2] in 1860, 285 gas lighting appeared in Bydgoszcz city, replacing kerosene lamps, and illuminating most important places (offices, hotels).

[1] Serious development of the gas factory began in 1925, when, with a Polish team managed by engineer Bronislaw Klimczak, the gasworks experienced a deep renovation, with the installation of several equipments: Business began to improve in 1936-1939, with the construction of a new gas pipeline.

During interwar, the gasworks had a shop at Ferdinand Foch street 5, and a showroom in the administrative building, where were held, inter alia, lectures and cooking demonstrations related to gas.

[1] In September 1939, the gasworks was taken over by nazi authorities and incorporated into the new Urban Department (German: Stadtwerke Bromberg), together with tram system, water supply, power plant and brickyards.

[4] Immediately after the liberation, starting from January 1945, repair of the gasworks was launched, and gas production to the city resumed in February.

[2] The plant gradually widened and modernized, in particular in 1946-1948 under the supervision of architect Jan Kossowski[1] In the years 1950s, authorities recognized that the capacity of expansion of the gas complex along Jagiellońska street were pretty limited, with regards to the urban development.

Work started at Witebska street from 1962 to 1967, creating a first production capacity of about 100 000 m3: the new gas plant was launched on 30 September 1967, and in 1973 the complex at Jagiellońska has been put out of service.

The vast elevation is built on a balanced facade, symmetric distribution of windows, enhanced by the two gates on each side of the middle avant-corps.

Bossage in corner places and a triangular pediment above the avant-corps add to the impressive effect of the frontage.