Lakar

History

Henrik Sonck is mentioned as the owner of the Lakari plot in 1756. In 1800, the plot was divided in two, and plot number 26 was owned by Anna Tallqvist, a chaplain dowager. She had a small field and meadow.

Modification drafts

The oldest modification drawing for the plot dates back to 1891. It shows the following buildings on the plot: a long building facing the shore, an outbuilding on the western boundary, a small residential building on the southern boundary, an end building facing Isopoikkikatu and another building on the inner part of the plot, on its southern boundary. The alterations concerned a residential building on the southern boundary of the plot, with two heated chambers and a hallway. The intention was to build a new entrance porch so that both rooms had their own entrance and could be used as separate apartments. An extension was made to the outbuilding on the western boundary of the site. An alteration drawing by Arvi Forsman from 1901 shows the base of the long, river-facing building. There had been two apartments in the building and the plan was to divide one room into a kitchen and a pantry, thus creating three apartments. At the same time, the old porches were demolished and one new entrance made. All the flats had two rooms, a kitchen and a hallway. One of the kitchens was a room with a baking oven. The floor plan of the building was of the two-room type. A kitchen was also added to the small residential building, so that one of the apartments could have a proper cooking area. The intention was to extend the outbuilding with a wing along the southern boundary of the site and the old, detached outbuilding on the site was demolished. The buildings were vertically planked. The T-shaped window mouldings on the residential buildings have a slight neo-renaissance effect, according to the drawing. The gateway on the Isopoikkikatu side was louvered at the top.

The 1902 plan was designed by Otto F. Holm. Both the long residential building and the outbuilding were to be extended. An addition was made to the courtyard side of the long building, with two kitchens, a pantry and four entrances. In the old part, a large baking oven was demolished and a couple of chamber walls were relocated. An apartment was added to the building, comprising three rooms, a kitchen, a hallway and a servant’s quarters. Two apartments with three rooms, a kitchen and a hallway. A small dwelling house with a room and a kitchen, and a room with a masonry stove and a small bread oven or sauna oven. A privy and three more sheds were added to the outbuilding. All that remained of the former, according to the drawing, was a single log-framed room. The long building was given a sparsely detailed lining of three storeys, with an unconventional neo-renaissance style. The façade had a fronton motif at each end. The windows had a horizontal division in the lower panes in addition to the T-shaped division. The gate was made in the same style.

In 1904, a door was built on the roof of the small building to replace the window, and in 1907 a new porch was designed. At the same time, an extension to the outbuilding was planned.

In 1927 the gate was replaced. Now they wanted a model without a top tree. Fireplace modifications were made in the residential building. In 1934, the roof entrance to the small residential building was closed. The building became a single dwelling with a kitchen, living room, hall and hallway.

A two-storey residential building was constructed on the site in the 1940s and 1950s. Part of the old riverside building was demolished to make way for it. The building was a typical multi-family wooden apartment building of the period. In the early 1980s, plans were made to lower the building so that the façade would continue the line of the old single-storey building. Another plan would have kept the building as a two-storey building but lowered the roof line. Both projects fell through. In 1989, the premises were converted so that the two-storey building would form one dwelling and the single-storey building would form a second dwelling. The wall surfaces of the two-storey building have been restructured according to a design by Markus Bernoulli. The exterior of the building has been extended. The small building on the same half of the plot as the single-storey building comprises a room and a kitchen apartment. In 1988, a sauna was added to the apartment. At the same time, the street door at the end of the building was closed.

Current situation

Residential building on the river side facing Isopoikkikatu
Residential building with elongated corners, neo-renaissance lining, fronton, hipped roof. The building was cut off when the two-storey building was constructed. Exterior design from 1902 (Otto F. Holm)

Two-storey residential building
two-storey, newer residential building, with a roof lining

Small residential building along Isopoikkikatu
Short-cornered residential building, neo-renaissance lining, saddle roof

Outbuilding
Short-cornered outbuilding, horizontal boarded

Gate
Old-style gate along Isopoikkikatu