Quite a few buildings that represent Eclectic style have survived to the present day in Tomaszow Mazowiecki. There are also a lot of Classicistic and Secession monument. Most of them dating back to the second half of 19th century were built in the period of the greatest industrial development of the town. Among the most splendid of them there are:
The Ostrowski
Palace - built in 1812 in classicistic style. During the following
century, there were a number of enlargements and renovations (1898, 1929, 1969).
Now the seat of the municipal Museum.
The Town Hall - designed by A. Raniecki; built in the years 1925 - 1927; the pediment decorated with an attic; there is a hall inside supported by columns and a beautiful assembly hall with a gallery for spectators; officially open the construcion in 1927 on June 26.
The Building of
the Bank of Poland - built in the years 1923-24 in the style of
academic classicism with forms of Polish palace architecture; inside rich stucco
work. At present PBG SA.
The Church of St. Anthony of Padva - built after the design of A. Marconi in the years 1862 - 1864 in the style of Neo-Renaissance. In the years 1888 - 1891 enlarged and rebuilt, three-aisled, basilican, with two towers at the front.
The Evangelical
Church of the Holy Trinity - built in the years 1823 - 1829 in
classicistic style for Anthony Ostrowski.
The Evangelical Church of the Saviour - built in the years 1897 - 1902 in Neo-Gothic style, inside the picture of W. Gerson of 1900, monumental stained-glass windows and the organ. Situated in a monumental complex of the church, presbytery and park St. Anthony.
Manufacturers residence - built in eclectical style about 1900 for the owners of the Textile Factory of H. Landsberg. Now the District Labour Office.
Manufacturers
tenement house - built at the beginning of the 20s of the 20th
century by W. B. Szeps. At present the mansion of the Communal Office of
Tomaszow Mazowiecki.
The eclectical palace of the Piesch family - built in 1895 by Moritz Piesch, the owner of a mechanical dye-works and finishing of one of the first and biggest textile factories in Tomaszow. Now the property of the town.
The former butchers stalls - the classical building created in the years 1830 - 1837. One of the first public utilities of Tomaszow after gaining civic rights in 1830. At present "The Arcady Gallery".
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