Mandla

History

The area originally belonged to the Pappila plot and was still listed as deserted in the 19th century tax list.

Fire insurance

The fire insurance document of the neighbouring plot from 1858 shows a residential building on the Mandla plot along Itäkatu and a residential and outbuilding on the southern side of the plot. The 1863 policy of another neighbouring plot, Teräwäinen, mentions a carpenter’s workshop in a building on Itäkatu. The number and location of the buildings is the same in 1885, when Fiilar’s policy is renewed.

Modification drafts

The 1887 alteration drawing shows that the building on Itäkatu is a semi-detached house with an end chamber at the north end. The building was divided in two by a light partition. The building on the southern boundary of the plot has a baker’s shop and outbuildings. The building is to be raised with a boarded attic section and the new roof will no longer be boarded but covered with felt. The façade will be boarded up in the parts not previously boarded up and the lining will be a single wide horizontal boarding. The moulding of the six-paned windows is classical.

In 1899, the house was converted into a bicycle shop. They wanted to make an enamelling oven for bicycle parts on the side of the baking oven in the building on the south side of the courtyard. The following year, it was proposed that the kitchen in the residential building be made into a brick-lined enamelling room. A little later, a brick-lined enamelling room was proposed next to the kitchen, on the side of the courtyard. In 1902, extensions were again planned for the courtyard side, this time a new chamber and a small extension connecting to a single workshop space opening onto the north end of the building. Apparently the whole of the enamelling room was not built, as there is no trace of the brickwork part of the building on the drawing. The outbuilding was extended by a wing, which added toilets and a pair of sheds. In 1908, L. Ahti designed the main building with Art Nouveau panelling and a gateway in the same style. In 1910, a brick wing was designed for the north end of the main building, which would house an extension to the workshop facilities. In 1916 it was planned to extend the wing of the outbuilding with a brickwork workshop by E. Reunanen. In the same year, it was decided to convert the workshops in the residential building back into a dwelling. In 1928 it was planned to replace the outbuilding entirely with a new building to serve as a stone mill.

The Mandla plot was also connected to the area used by the Co-operative. In 1948, the attic of the building was converted into an advertising warehouse. Later, the outbuildings were demolished and the residential building was used as a warehouse. In the 1980s, the residential building was renovated and a new four-apartment terraced house and a small outbuilding (Iina Paasikivi-Poutanen) were built in the yard. The old building was converted into additional attic space for residential use in the 1990s.

Current situation

Street-side residential building
Residential building with long corners, Art Nouveau lining from 1902, saddle roof

Residential building in the courtyard
Terraced house is a new building from the 1980s (Iina Paasikivi-Poutanen)

Outbuilding
New building from the 1980s (Iina Paasikivi-Poutanen)

Gate
Early 20th century style gate made on old granite gate posts.