Knapp

History

In 1800 the house was owned by the patron Mich. Asplund and the former tailor Joh. Anckar, who had a small field.

Fire insurance

The house was insured against fire in 1888 by the sailor Oskar Söderman. There were two buildings on the plot. The residential building along Pohjankatu was built in the old days, boarded up and painted with mixed paint. The roof was boarded. The building had one room, a kitchen and a boarded kitchen. The log outbuilding was also built in the old days and was unplanked but painted with a mixed colour. The roof was boarded. The building contained a lean-to, a shed and a barn. A gate and fence were also secured, as was a small boarded latrine on the western boundary of the property, in line with the outbuilding line.

Modification drafts

The modification drawing by M. Isaksson dates from 1912. The residential building is raised with an attic section and the walls are lined with new panelling. The walls will be vertically boarded and the T-shaped windows will have a restrained neo-renaissance effect. The fireplaces, a stove in the parlor and a circular tiled stove in the chamber, faced the street-facing exterior wall. In addition to the parlor and chamber, the building had an entrance hall and a closet. The roof of the outbuilding was to be converted from a gable roof to a hip roof. However, this did not happen.

In 1929, the Knap building changed the location of the partition wall and the baking oven was abandoned. New gates were also designed for the site.

In 1957, the hall closet was turned into a toilet and a stove was combined with a boiler. The kitchen was fitted with a sink and a water supply. In 1983 the boiler was abandoned and the building was electrically heated.

Current situation

Residential building
Residential building with long corners, saddle roof and pitched panelling cladding

Outdoor building
Log-built, board-lined outbuilding

Gate
An old gate of the early 20th century type.