It stands close to remarkable tenements in the same street: The house was built in 1887-1888 for wood dealer Hugo Hecht and designed by architect Joseph Święcicki.

[2] It opens up a string of six close stylish buildings ordered by Hugo Hecht and built by Joseph Święcicki, all located on the same side of Gdańska street, and produced annually in the 1880s and 1890s.

Immediately after the construction, the house was sold to the superintendent Ludwig Hollweg[2] who installed a wrought iron gate.

[4] From April 1, 1939 till 1945, Kazimierz Orlicz, a Bydgoszcz architect, ran his own design office in this tenement.

[6] Putti and sirens stucco reliefs are nicely mounted on decorative plaster and brick and facade.