Main building of Bydgoszcz Music Academy

Main building of Bydgoszcz Music Academy
Polish: Gmach główny Akademii Muzycznej w Bydgoszczy
View from Słowackiego street
Location in Bydgoszcz
General information
Type	Music school
Architectural style	Neo-Baroque
Classification	N°601404, Reg.A/782/1-3 (May 8, 1992)
Location	Słowackiego street 7, Bydgoszcz, Poland
Groundbreaking	1904
Completed	1906
Client	Bydgoszcz Music Academy - "Feliks Nowowiejski"
Technical details
Floor count	3
Design and construction
Architect	E. von Saltzwedel

Coordinates: 53°07′47″N 18°00′35″E / 53.1297°N 18.0097°E / 53.1297; 18.0097

The main building of Bydgoszcz Music Academy is a historical edifice in downtown Bydgoszcz, dating back to the early 20th century. it is registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List.

The building is located in downtown Bydgoszcz, on the corner of Słowackiego street and January 20, 1920 street. In the vicinity stand the Pomeranian Philharmonic, the Music School and the Jan Kochanowski Park in Bydgoszcz .

At the Prussian Partition, Bydgoszcz was the capital of the administrative region of the Grand Duchy of Posen as a borough city. After the Prussian administrative reform of 1872, the head of the district was a governor, a civil servant appointed by the King of Prussia. The present Music Academy building was designed as the seat of the district authority.

The first two governors had been using their private houses for official duty, dedicating three rooms to office work. But with the growing importance of the administration, the need of a proper building was blatant. The Prussian government hence decided the construction of one building housing all district offices. A competition selecting the project of the building rewarded engineer E. von Saltzwedel from Potsdam. After approval of the blueprint by the municipal construction expert Carl Meyer, on May 24, 1904, a construction permit was issued and work began. Its execution was contracted to M. Czarnikow & Co from Berlin, on an underdeveloped plot located at then Bismarckstrasse 3 (now Słowackiego street 7).