Jana Zamoyskiego Street, Bydgoszcz

Current name Zamoyskiego street refers to Jan Zamoyski (1542–1605), a Polish nobleman, Lord Grand-Chancellor and Grand Hetman of the Crown from 1581.

He was an advisor to Kings Sigismund II Augustus and Stephen Báthory, one of the most skilled diplomat of his time, standing as a major figure in the politics of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth throughout his life.

Tenement house at the corner with Gdańska Street 1887, by Józef Święcicki and Anton Hoffmann Eclecticism & French Neo-Renaissance Puttos and sirens stucco reliefs are mounted on the facade.

In this house lived Edward Woyniłłowicz, a Polish and Belarusian social and economic activist, who left his eastern lands to dwell in Bydgoszcz.

[7] The edifice has been thoroughly renovated in 2015, preserving its historic Art Nouveau architectural details, alongside its specific decorated interiors (staircase, ornaments and stained glass), adorned with floral motifs and stylized faces.

[3] In addition to the elaborate decoration of the entry portal with pilasters, masks and floral Art Nouveau patterns, one can still notice the initials MR, of the first landlord, Max Reschke, a wood factory entrepreneur.

On 7 July 1920, famous Polish actress Pola Negri bought the place to live there in a luxury apartment refurbished to her taste until May 1922.

Art Nouveau elements are particularly noticeable around the elaborate adornment of the portal, displaying motifs, patterns, masks and floral items up to the transom light.

This immense edifice, at the crossing with Zamoyskiego street, reveals in particular a large metal roof studded with a corner finial, dormers, a terrace crowning the avant-corps which bottom is pierced by arches to make room for the majestic main entry area.

The quality of the decoration of the portal is worth a stop, with Art Nouveau motifs, friezes, stained glass acting as transom over the delicate wooden double door.

The frontage displays a balanced architecture, with two symmetric avant-corps, each topped by a volute gable with oeil-de-boeuf and a large window giving onto a balcony.

Tenement at 15, corner with 13 Paderewskiego street 1910–1915,[13] by Rudolf Kern[6] Art Nouveau, early Modern architecture Investor for the project was Emil Heydemann.

Tenement corner with Paderewskiego Street 22 1912–1914,[13] by Victor Petrikowski[6] Early Modernism Built at the eve of WWI, the first landlord was Otto Möller, an assistant in railway construction business,[3] who dwelt there till the 1930s.