Juusla

History

In 1800 the land was owned by the bourgeois Zachris Björkfors. He also had some fields and meadows.

Fire insurance

In 1882, the sailor’s wife Helena Ulrika Michelsson took out an insurance policy on the buildings on the southern half of the plot. The main building, which was located at the corner of Eteläpitkäkatu and Isoraastuvankatu, was an old one, but in due time it was made of new logs, boarded up and painted with oil paint. There were two halls, a pantry and a kitchen, and a covered entrance. An extension of the building along Eteläpitkäkatu was a recently erected outbuilding made of logs and planking. The building contained a barn and a tool shed. The residential building on the northern side of the plot formed a corner with the residential building on the southern side of the plot. There was another building on the other half of the plot, which probably contained a baker’s shop and outbuildings. There was a latrine on the south side of the plot and a well in the middle of the plot. The plot was surrounded by a board fence and the gate on the southern part was on the south side.

In 1889, the same sailor’s wife took out a new insurance policy for the house, as the property had been undergoing renovation and additional construction. The outbuilding which had been an extension of the main house had been demolished the previous summer and replaced by an extension with a hall and bakehouse. The new part was covered with asphalt shingles, but the old part still had a tiled roof. The new part was not yet boarded up and painted; the old part was boarded up and oil-painted. The kitchen and one chamber of the old part had been converted into a hall. A new outbuilding had also been built on the site, parallel to the eastern boundary of the plot, with the end of the building overlooking Eteläpitkäkatu. The building was made partly of logs and partly of boards. It had not yet been painted and the roof was made of boards. The building consisted of a dormitory, a shed, a barn, a latrine and an attached storeroom. The gate was between the outbuilding and the main building. The buildings on the northern part of the property had not been altered.

Modification drafts

The oldest modification drawing of the property owned by Ulrika Michelsson dates back to 1882. The end of the building facing Isoraastuvankatu is in the process of having a commercial door made into a window. There is a three-step staircase in front of the double doors. The windows are six-paned, but are of different sizes and heights in the building’s façade. The following drawing dates from 1885. It concerns the part of the plot facing Eteläpitkäkatu. The other half of the plot belongs to a different owner. This part of the plot has a small semi-detached building with two rooms and a kitchen with a baking oven between them, with a porch in front. The building on the large street side of the plot has been joined to the semi-detached building, but as it belongs to a different owner, its rooms have not been included in the drawing. The building is to be extended with two new rooms, a hall and a bakery on the street side. The kitchen will have its own entrance and a small porch in front of it. The rooms will be connected to the old premises. An outbuilding will also be built close to the eastern boundary of the plot, with the end facing Eteläpitkäkatu. The building will include a log barn and two sheds. The old barn and barn building, described as ugly, will be demolished. A small separate toilet block is to be built at the rear of the yard, on the boundary of the site, but eventually the toilet will be built in the outer row of buildings. The roofs of the buildings will have a classical façade with six-paned windows. The old part of the residential building has a tiled roof, but the new part will have a felt roof. The exterior building will have a pitched roof. The access to the plot will be from Eteläpitkäkatu between the residential building and the outbuilding, where there will be a dead-end gate. There are two wells on the plot.

There are two drawings from 1899, drawn by Arvi Forsman, according to which first one of the chambers is converted into a kitchen. Next, the kitchen in the 1880s extension is converted into a living room. The oven in the chamber is moved from the corner to the gable end of the building. The fireplace in the second kitchen will be replaced and the baking oven will be removed. The courtyard porches will be replaced and there will now be three entrances. One of the rooms will have double doors from the big door, and will apparently become a shop. The rooms in the wing building still belong to a different owner and are not described in detail. The cladding of the facades of the building is shown in neo-renaissance style, which has been implemented. The gateway is similar in subject matter to the window panelling.

There is a drawing of the buildings on the other side of the plot from 1902. It is also by Arvi Forsman, and shows that the wing on the Isoraastuvankatu side has a similar layout to the one on the South side. There are four rooms and a kitchen. The fireplaces are to be moved to the gable end of the building. In addition, a veranda will be built with two entrances. The outbuilding on the other side of the plot, which is connected to the outbuilding on the other side, will be extended with a toilet block. It turns out that the neighbour’s latrine has already been moved to the same row of buildings in the past. There is also a small separate building on one half of the plot, which will be used for residential purposes, at least in the future.

In 1904, an extension is planned for the courtyard side of the wing on Eteläpitkäkatu, with a new kitchen and two entrances..

In 1925, both wings of the angular building are spread out on the courtyard side. After this change, the house has a total of seven kitchen stoves, so there are many tenants in the house. There is still one commercial unit. In 1927, a second room is added to the commercial building and high windows are made on both the Isoraastuvankatu and Eteläpitkäkatu sides. In 1931, drainage is installed on the site, as in the rest of the neighbourhood. The water will be piped along Vanhankirkonkatu to a canal. In 1932, a two-storey stone building with a sauna, an ice cellar and a storeroom on the second floor was built in the corner of the courtyard, between the outbuilding and the small residential building. The small residential building is slightly altered and becomes a stove room. An extension is added to the side of the courtyard with a new kitchen and two entrances.

In 1936, the room at the northern end of the Isoraastuvankatu side of the building is also put to commercial use. A door and a high display window are built for the barber shop. In 1940, large shop windows will be built on the whole roof side. There will be three entrances to the shops.

In 1988, modifications are made to the apartment building. The three commercial buildings on the Isoraastuvankatu side will have toilets for staff. The three small flats on the south side will have kitchens and washrooms. A new porch will be built for them and the existing porch will be extended. The windows of the commercial apartments will be reduced in size, and old-style gates will be designed on both sides of the roof. In 1989, a sauna and studio space will be added to the courtyard building. The plans were drawn up by Markus Bernoulli.

Current situation

Residential twin building
An elongated residential single-storey building, the south wing is later, the roof façade has a neo-renaissance lining from 1899 (Arvi Forsman), the courtyard façade has vertical boarding, the first shop windows are from 1927.

Outdoor building
Staggered siding outbuilding

Outdoor building
Exterior building made of cement brick

Outdoor building
Exterior building with horizontal boarding

Port
Old gate posts along Eteläpitkäkatu.