Kruusla

History

The house was owned in 1800 by Simon Selin, a patron of the arts, and Erik Laurén, a city servant. Selin also owned a field, a part of a reef and barn, and a shed on the beach.

Modification drafts

An alteration drawing for the Kruusla street-side building from 1882 has been preserved. The premises had previously consisted of two chambers, a parlour and hall, and a dormitory at the east end of the building. Now the storage room was to be converted into a living room by adding a tiled stove and six-paned windows on both the street and courtyard sides. There was also an outbuilding on the eastern side of the plot. The second alteration drawing for the residential building dates from 1888. The building was repaired and extended. The addition of a chamber at the east end of the building was again on the agenda. The possible conversion of the dormitory into a living room had not been carried out a few years earlier. The central hallway in the middle of the loft was also extended to the courtyard, so that a baking oven could be added to the extension and the hallway could be converted into a kitchen. The building had three entrances and a small board porch in front of each. The façade was given a three-piece neo-renaissance façade with double-glazed windows and a new gate. The outbuilding was located on the eastern boundary of the site and a new, small toilet block was added.

There is a drawing from 1894 for the alteration of the outbuilding. To the building on the eastern boundary of the plot, which contained a barn, stables, a horse-drawn carriage house and a dormitory, they wanted to add a log cabin at one end and a toilet and a log cabin at the other end.

The 1948 modification drawing of the main building concerns the building’s fireplaces. The building had two owners at the time, but the kitchen stoves in both main rooms were replaced at the same time. In 1951, a baking oven was removed and replaced by a conventional stove. As the kitchen no longer required as much space as before, the wall of the old staircase at the rear of the kitchen could be moved from its original position, thus making the room larger. The whole building was re-boarded, with the current panelling and simple window frames.

The plan for the conversion of the outbuildings dates from 1956. It involved the demolition of a large angled building on the eastern and southern boundaries of the site and another long outbuilding on the western boundary. A stone outbuilding with a sauna, changing room, two cellars and a latrine was built on the eastern boundary. A slightly smaller outbuilding with a sauna, a woodshed and a latrine was built on the western boundary of the plot. Both buildings had a hipped roof. The main building was shared between the two owners, who both needed their own outbuilding.

In 1990, the residential building was thoroughly renovated. The rooms were combined into one apartment and the toilets, washrooms and kitchens were renovated. In 1994, an old-style gate was designed on the site.

Current situation

Residential building
A 17th century residential building with an oblong corner, with a 1951 stucco lining, saddle roof

Outdoor building
Cement brick outbuilding from 1956

Outdoor building
Cement brick outbuilding from 1956

Gate
An old-style gate.