Świętego Floriana Street

Świętego Floriana Street is located in the downtown district of Bydgoszcz, Poland. Despite its short length of roughly 200 m, it features many notable buildings in a variety of architectural styles, including Eclectic, Art Nouveau and early modernist. The street is named after Saint Florian.

Location
The street is located nearby the Brda river, its track running parallel to the water, on a west–east axis. It stems out of Bernardyńska Street in the west and runs between the river and Jagiellońska street.

History
The area originally belonged to a city farm called Grodztwa. The land registry cites that the farm owner successively sold pieces of the estate. Like many of the streets of the downtown district, Świętego Floriana started between the last quarter of the 19th century and the first quarter of the 20th century.

The street bore the following names through time:
 * 19th century-1920, Alexander straße
 * 1920–1939, Ulica Świętego Floriana
 * 1939–1945, Frithjof straße, alluding to Frithiof's Saga
 * Since 1945, Ulica Świętego Floriana

Main edifices
Tenement at 3, corner with Bernardyńska Street

1910

Eclecticism

Before its erection in the early 20th century, the site was a garden. Carl Hintz, a mailman, was the first registered landlord.

The building was thoroughly restored in 2018. One will notice the entry doorway, flanked by two columns, three medallions depicting figures (among whom a king) and a seal. Corner facades are topped with ogee gables and eyelid dormers.