St Petrus House
St Petrus House (German: Haus St. Petrus) is a historic building in Bremen, Germany. With features of North-German Gothic architecture including an arcade, it was built in 1927 by the prosperous coffee merchant Ludwig Roselius as part of his development of Böttcherstraße. Today its newly refurbished dining rooms are part of the Atlantic Grand Hotel. Since 1973, St Petrus House has been a listed building.[1]
History and architecture
In 1924, Ludwig Roselius acquired a lease for a period of 60 years on the land on Böttcherstrasse covering No. 15-19 and later also obtained permission to develop the old packhouses at No. 4-5. He persuaded the authorities to let him build a small colony of shops, studios and apartments there, drawing on North German architectural styles. Roselius commissioned the architects Eduard Scotland and Alfred Runge who achieved the required historic Gothic style by making use of dormers, stepped gables and arcades.[1]
The complex was first known as Haus HAG (after Roselius' company: Handels-Aktien-Gesellschaft) but the part south of the stepped gable later came to be known as Haus St. Petrus. The building was divided into several sections: the storehouse with a projecting arched entrance, a club house with rooms for members of the Bremen Association of 1914, and a restaurant area.[1]
Recent developments
For some 30 years, St Petrus House was home to the Bremen casino until it moved to the
Since 1999, the building has also housed the Weinkontor St. Petrus restaurant.[3]
Decorations
External decorations include details by Engelhard Tölken, the arms of Bremen (1608), a statue of Petrus (Peter, 1954) by Irmgard Roselius, and Paracelsus Head (1936) by Bernhard Hoetger.[1]
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Arcade
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Bremen lions
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Rounded arches
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Petrus statue
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Arcades
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Arms of Bremen
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Weinhaus St. Petrus
References
- ^ a b c d "Denkmaldatenbank des LfD: Haus St. Petrus"., Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Elisabeth Gnuschke (23 August 2011). "Tradition und Moderne" (in German). kreiszeiting.de. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Weinkontor St. Petrus" (in German). Weinkontor-bremen.de. Retrieved 4 February 2014.