Moso

History

In 1800 the house was owned by the bourgeois Mich. Lundgrén, who also owned a field, a meadow, a reef, a barn and a shed.

Modification drafts

The 1891 alteration drawing shows that there were two residential buildings on the site before the alterations. One was located on Isoraastuvankatu and the other on Vanhankirkonkatu. There was a covered gate between the residential buildings. The residential row on the Vanhankirkonkatu side was extended by an outbuilding. On the courtyard side, on the northern boundary of the plot, there was a narrow-framed shed, with a shed at right angles to it in the middle of the courtyard. In the course of the conversion, the two dwellings were joined by the construction of a room in place of the pass-through gate. The outbuilding along Vanhankirkonkatu and the shed were demolished and replaced by a new outbuilding on the western boundary of the site, with the end facing Vanhankirkonkatu. After the alteration, the residential building consisted of two apartments, one of which had five rooms, a kitchen and a porch-like entrance hall. The second dwelling had two rooms and a baking room. There was a porch in front of the apartment. The new outbuilding included a stable, a barn, a two-stall latrine and a sleeping car. The layout plan also shows that there was a well on the property, right next to the dwelling. The dwelling house is owned by John Fredr. Lindegren’s design, which features a three-part neo-Renaissance lining with heavily decorated window surrounds at the top. The exterior of the building is boarded with a horizontal plank. The doors and hatches are framed with straight mouldings, except for the toilet’s small square window, which is framed with the same leaf-sawn decorative motif that Lindegren uses in a few other objects.

From 1894 there is a façade alteration drawing by John Fred. Lindegren.
On the Isoraastuvankatu side of the building owned by Isak Silfver, the double doors of a commercial building were opened from the corner of Vanhankirkonkatu to the first window. On the glass at the top of the doors was the inscription ‘Kauppapuoti Hj. Cederman’. The building had been given a representative neo-renaissance lining. There is an 1898 alteration plan, in which a similar shop door was to be opened at the second window in the same room. In 1901, the plan was to install the second door symmetrically so that the building’s façade would have a window, a door and a window alternating. In 1902, they wanted to return the entrance to the shop to its original position. The second shop door was to be opened symmetrically on one side of the façade, with three large, tall display windows in the middle. In 1905, a room was built on the courtyard side to replace the former porch and a new porch was added. In 1912 it was proposed to open the shop door again from the end of the street at the end of the Vähäraastuvankatu to the second window in the row. The first and middle windows would be replaced by a display window, as would the single window on the Vanhankirkonkatu side. In 1919, a shop door was proposed in the centre of the façade and two large display windows on the sides. A shop window was also planned for the Vanhankirkonkatu side. The door is in Art Nouveau style, and the moulding of the windows follows the same line. The upper part of the window sills in the living rooms is also to be slightly simplified, according to the drawing. It is clear that not all the plans were realised.

In 1915, a baking oven was removed from the apartment facing Vanhankirkonkatu and the room layouts were changed. There is a larger plan from the end of the same year. The drawings were made by Arvi Leikari, who also made a smaller alteration plan. Both outbuildings would be demolished and replaced by a two-storey stone workshop and outbuilding. The building was to be located in the western corner of the plot, so that the end of the new workshop would be along Vanhankirkonkatu. On the courtyard side, the building would be connected to a wing on the northern boundary of the plot. The building houses a blacksmith’s workshop and storage facilities. A stable and toilets would be located in the courtyard wing, with storage space above. This building was not built, and the facilities were later constructed on a neighbouring lot owned by F. W. Meri.

In 1925, new warehouse and office space was added to the commercial building on the courtyard side. The shop became a single space. On the Vanhankirkonkatu side, a second window is to be added to two rooms.

In 1936, central heating was installed in the residential and commercial building and the store’s fireplaces were demolished. The following year, petrol and fuel oil tanks were brought into the yard. It turns out that there are no outbuildings now, but there is a storage shed on the northern boundary of the yard. In 1961, the commercial building underwent major alterations. The wing on Isoraastuvankatu was widened on the courtyard side. Storage rooms were added in the basement and the commercial building was connected to central heating from a stone workshop building. The entire section of Isoraastuvankatu is a single commercial space. On the courtyard side, the new premises included an office, a cash desk and a manager’s office. A small toilet was also added to the commercial building. According to the plan, there are shop windows on both the Isoraastuvankatu and Vanhankirkonkatu sides. The wing on the Vanhankirkonkatu side was still used as a residence. The plans were completed by an iron gate, which combined pipe and plate, as was appropriate for a hardware store gate. In 1973, the shop space was divided into two parts, a shop and a meeting room, which also combined the former living quarters. In 1984 it was converted to a bingo hall. By 1987 it had been realised that the bingo did not need large shop windows and the residential windows were reinstated on the roof. A double door in the middle of the façade was used as an entrance. At the same time, the existing apartment in the building was abandoned. The plans were completed by an iron gate made of tube and plate, perfect for a hardware store.

Current situation

Commercial building
Long corner commercial building, neo-renaissance 1891 (John F. Lindegren), shop windows, saddle roof.