Hotels in this location date back to the beginning of the 19th century, when an inn was built by the Gliszczyński family en route to Gdańsk.

When completed, the building became the largest and most modern hotel in Bromberg, with an extensively detailed façade and interior decoration.

In the hotel's basement, the restaurant was adorned with vaults supported by columns, panelling, and wall paintings modelled after the latest Munich fashions, with niches for seating.

[4] The facility combined the functions of a residential area (with 3 six-rooms apartment of a high standard), a hotel, and a commercial space (with restaurants and shops).

"Column" Hall was famous for its daily concerts of popular music, played by the Bydgoszcz orchestra, and the restaurant "Pod Orłem" (English: The Eagle) was one of the best in terms of design, meals and drinks.

In the 1930s, social elite met at its "Club of the angular Table" (Polish: Klubu Kanciastego Stołu), among them Adam Grzymała-Siedlecki, Konrad Fiedler, Jan Piechocki, Marian Turwid, Henry Kuminek, Stanisław Leśniewski.

[4] After the invasion of Bydgoszcz by Soviet troops, the building was returned to its former owners, who resumed the hotel business as a partnership under the leadership of Stanislaw Lipowicz.

[4] In this hotel, on the second floor, the editorial office of Bydgoszcz's "Wolne Związków" - a self-edited magazine of the trade union "Solidarity" (Polish: Solidarność)- operated for some time.

[6] At the beginning of the 1990s, heirs from the Majewicz and Kosicki families claimed ownership of the hotel; as a compromise, a limited liability company ("Majewicz Hotel Enterprise") was created on January 1, 1994, with various individuals holding 51% share, including the heirs of the pre-war owners, and Orbis holding the remaining 49%.

[2] Among the numerous elements that adorn the front, the large-size sculpture of the eagle with outstretched wings which tops the façade is the hotel symbol.

These elements are balanced vertically by the presence of decorative sculptures and columns that run through the entire height of the façade, along the axis of the main entrance.

[8] The hotel interiors feature many Art Nouveau references; in the lobby, the staircase with gold-colored stained glass, the door handles and the forged handrails have an interwar appearance.