Kotka

History

In 1800 the plot was still deserted. It was owned by the patron Joh. Tibiander, who also owned the adjacent plot number 159.

Modification drafts

There is a modification drawing from 1880 for a residential building on the northern side of the plot along Isomalminkatu. The intention was to build an extension on the courtyard side of the house to make room for a kitchen. The kitchen was also connected to the former anterooms, and a large baking oven was bricked in. The building also had two large and two small rooms. The windows were six-paned and classically framed. There was also a residential building on the southern half of the plot and a common outbuilding on the eastern boundary.

In 1893, the residential building on the plot along Isomalminkatu was owned by the sailor Frans Malen. Malen’s outbuilding stood on the eastern boundary of the plot. In the middle of the plot was an east-west facing residential building belonging to the sailor’s widow Wilhelmina Sjöroos. Sjöroos wanted to build a small shed with a pulpit roof on the side of Malen’s outbuilding. A little later, Malen wanted to extend his own outbuilding with a couple of new sheds with a pulpit roof. There is an alteration drawing of the street-side building from 1899, with a Neo-Renaissance façade designed by Arvi Forsman.

In 1925, the outbuilding on the eastern boundary of the site was renovated. In 1933, the two apartments in the residential building along Isomalminkatu were combined. In 1955, the building was converted into a detached house with two small apartments in the attic.

In 1992 a new fence and gate were built.

Current situation

Residential building
Older residential building, extensively altered in 1955 (Helena Vainio) to look like a detached house of the period, horizontal boarding, saddle roof

Outdoor building
Exterior building with horizontal boarding.