Teräwäine

History

In 1756, Teräväinen was mentioned as the owner of the plot. In 1800 the owner was the former bourgeois Tegelström and the parasite Sofia. There was little arable land. However, Tegelström had become bankrupt and the bailiff Ahlgren was in charge of the estate.

Fire insurance

In 1863, fire insurance was taken out on the property. The house was then owned by the merchant-porter G. W. Grönlöf. The main building on the plot was a gabled building on Itäkatu. The other followed the southern boundary of the plot. The building was built in 1830, unplanked and painted red. The building had two entrance halls, two halls, four chambers, a living room, two kitchens and two dining rooms with a porch above. Under the building was a vaulted cellar. There were six tiled stoves and two kitchen stoves without ovens, and a wood-burning stove with a vaulted hearth. The second dwelling on the northern boundary of the property, which was old and in fair condition, was partly boarded up and painted red. It was mentioned that the building had no stone foundation. The rooms were an entrance hall, hall, pantry, baker’s pantry, woodshed and stable, with a hayloft and barn above. The building had two tiled ovens and a baking oven. The outbuilding on the eastern side of the property was old and in poor condition, unpainted. The building contained a barn, sheep shed, shed and barn. Part of the yard was fenced as a cattle yard, part as a garden. There was a board fence against the neighbouring properties and a gate to the street.

In 1891, the house was reinsured by the sailor Daniel Johansson. The main building was unchanged. The second residential building had been extensively repaired and altered. In 1886, the building had been raised with a log and a board. New ceilings, floors, doors, windows and fireplaces had been added. The baker’s room had been converted into a hall and the hall into a kitchen. In 1889, the wood room, stable and barn had been converted into two living rooms with tiled stoves. The building was covered with felt and partly planked and painted with oil paint. After the renovation, the building had two halls, three chambers, a kitchen without a baking oven and two plate ovens.

The exterior was in fair condition and still unplanked and unpainted. It now comprised a barn, stable, shed and cow shed. The driveway was found to be in disrepair and had been pulled over on the insurance policy. There was also a small board shed on the property which was to be demolished immediately.

In October 1908, a fire in the house was reported to the fire insurance company. The fire occurred in a residential building on the northern boundary of the plot. The walls, ceilings, floors, fireplaces, doors and porch of the two rooms at the east end of the building were damaged. The house was owned by Frans Kasten, a sailor who was then a driver. The tenant in the burnt room was a labourer from Rauma, his wife and three children. The porch was shared with another tenant living in a neighbouring room. Apparently the boys were careless with their fire.

Modification drafts

The oldest modification drawing for the site dates back to 1888. At that time there were two residential buildings and an outbuilding. Both dwellings were extended by two rooms when the alterations were made. All the rooms could be rented separately. The outbuilding had a barn, stables, a shed, a latrine and two woodworking rooms. The buildings were boarded with wide horizontal boarding. The windows in the dwelling house were six-paned and had classical framing. Both buildings had gabled porches on the courtyard side.

Changes were made to the Tekala plot in 1905. The plans were drawn up by Arvi Forsman. There are two residential buildings and an outbuilding on the plot. The building facing Itäkatu had had an apartment with a large room, kitchen, hall and porch, and a second apartment, which was also accessed via a private porch. The building was connected to a wing on the southern boundary of the plot, where one of the apartments was accessed from the same porch as the other apartment in the street wing. There were four rooms and a large baking room with a baking oven. The wing was now made deeper and was to have five rooms for rent, each with a stove and a heating oven. One of the rooms in the wing and a narrow kitchen in the wing formed the dwelling, together with two chambers on the roof. However, only three of the planned five separate rented rooms were built. An extension was made to the roof wing on the courtyard side, with two entrances and a kitchen. The rooms formed a two-room apartment with a kitchen and a separate room that could be rented separately. The residential row on the north side of the plot consisted of two sections of different widths. The part closest to the street had four rooms in a row, one of which was a baking room. The apartment was accessible not only from the porch on the courtyard side, but also through a door at the street end of the building, making it suitable for a business or profession. The two rooms in the narrower part were intended to be rented separately. They were accessed from the same porch, but through different doors. Each had a tiled stove, but no other cooking facilities. On the eastern boundary of the property was a long outbuilding with log sections suitable for cattle shelters and timber-framed log sheds. The building had a restrained neo-renaissance façade and a similar gateway. In 1906, a new kitchen was added to the courtyard side of the building facing Itäkatu to replace the previously cold porch.

In 1930, a brick section was added to the end of the outbuilding with a pent roof. The building was intended for the storage of hides.

In 1956, major changes were planned for the residential wing facing Itäkatu. The building would have been raised in order to make space available on the attic floor. A basement would have been built under the building to house a central heating boiler and fuel storage. The wing would have had two apartments, one with a living room and bedroom on the street side and a small kitchen on the courtyard side with an electric stove and dishwasher. From the hallway there would be access to a small toilet cubicle. The second apartment would have had a living room on the roof side, created by combining two small chambers and a modern kitchen. On the courtyard side there would have been a bedroom, but without a window, a hallway and a toilet room. The attic would have been a separate dwelling with a room, a pantry and a toilet. However, the plan was not realised.

In 1978, alterations were made to the residential building on the northern boundary of the plot. The shop entrance and display windows at the end were replaced by a window in the living room. The spaces were combined to create two apartments. Bathrooms were also added, and kitchens were renovated. In 1980, the stone part of the exterior building, the former hides storage room, became a ceramist’s workshop. In 1992, one of the apartments in the street-side building was converted into a ceramist’s showroom.

Current situation

Residential building
Long-cornered residential building from 1830, gabled roof. The buildings on the plot were extended in 1899. The Neo-Renaissance lining dates from 1905 (Arvi Forsman).

Residential building
An elongated residential building with a Neo-Renaissance and pantile lining, the lining of this building is also according to Forsman’s design.

Exterior building
Vertical boarded exterior building.

Exterior building
Cement brick exterior building from 1930 (Kaino Kari). The building was originally built for the storage of hides. It currently houses a pottery workshop.