Piastowski Square, Bydgoszcz

[1] The area is roughly depicted on an 1857 map of Bromberg,[2] but earliest documented reference appears in the 1870s, with a mention in the 1872 city address book.

[7] 1872[6] Neoclassical architecture The first landlord who lived at originally 11 Elisabeth Markt, in the 1890s, was Auguste Raabe,[8] having business in shipping till the end of World War I.

Today the elevation displays a modern style, as a consequence of the rebuilding by Jan Kossowski, who also realized in Bydgoszcz, among others the Freedom Monument and houses at 5 Ossoliński Alley and 7 Plac Wolności.

Facade shows symmetric features, left and right of the main gate, especially stacked balustrade areas, either balcony or loggias on both extremities.

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.601221, Reg.A/746, December 12, 1971[10] 1913, by Oskar Hoßfeld Neo-Baroque The church has been consecrated by Wilhelm Kloske, Gniezno's suffragan bishop on June 19, 1913.

[11] Although deprived from some architectural details, one can still appreciate the symmetric facade centered on the two balconies, the first floor windows with pediments, cartouches, balustrade, and the top thin frieze with floral motifs.

Nr.13 facade retains bit more architectural details, such as additional head figures, and a left part of the elevation with richer decoration (pilasters, stucco ornaments).

1875[6] Eclecticism, Neo-Renaissance The building, then at Elisabeth Straße 39, was owned by a rentier, Carl Wilhelm Feyertag, living at "Bahnhoffstraße 11" (now 27 Dworcowa Street).

Both balconies have a bear cub holding a shield that stands in the corner: it is a reminder of the past activity of a metal craftwork company in the district.

[22] An elaborate frieze runs between first and second level, and two windows are topped with triangular pediments: the one on the right side is adorned with a bas-relief of bearded male head with a hat.

[23] The building houses today the Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bydgoszcz[24] The tenement stands out of the local urban environment with its lean and high features.

[25] 1895[26] Eclecticism, elements of Neo-Baroque Originally at Elisabethstraße 27, it was the property of a real estate owner (German: Zimmermeister), Michael Engelhard, living at Nr.57.

The elevation is essentially remarkable by the impressive decorated balconies with Neo-Baroque accents: balustrades, heavy corbels, pilasters around the openings and a highly ornamented grand lintel on the second floor.

The building has been home place of Szczepan Jankowski, a Polish blind composer, organist and conductor of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Right facade displays early modernist elements, expressed in the very shape of the elevation, with the round bay window topped by a balcony, and the multitude of narrow and thin openings.