Tuamla
History
The house was owned in 1756 by Yrjänä Tuomola. In 1800 the owner was Hinr. Lundberg. He also had shares in a ship.
Fire insurance
The Tuamla house was insured against fire in 1858. At that time the house was owned by the first mate J. H. Fredriksson. The main building along Eteläpitkäkatu was new at that time. It had been built five years earlier. The building was, however, connected to the old baking house and the chamber at the back of the baking house. The house had not yet been boarded up or painted. There were nine rooms, two lobbies, two halls and four chambers. There were six tiled ovens with brown glazing, one in the kitchen and one in the baking room, which also included a cooker and an oven in the washroom, which meant a masonry stove, perhaps also a sauna stove. The building had a tiled roof. The windows were six-paned. The attic had larger four-paned windows at the ends and four double-paned windows on the long sides. The doors between the rooms were half-transomed mirrored doors and were painted with oil paint, as were the window sills. Four of the rooms had paper wallpaper.
On the western side of the property was an old log, unpainted outbuilding with a barn and a barn-shed, and a stable or chalet between them. The house shared a well with the neighbouring property. The neighbouring plot, number 167, is now a playground, but at the time of the fire insurance, it had a long row of outbuildings along the western and northern boundaries of the plot, and a residential building attached to the eastern end of the outbuilding. There was still a shed in the middle of the plot.
The house did not undergo any alterations that would increase its insurance value until 1899, when its then owner, the sailor Frans Ström, took out an increased insurance policy for one year to cover the renovation work.
Modification drafts
The conversion plan was drawn up by Arvi Forsman in 1898. The building received its current panelling, an extra room on the east side of the building, facing the courtyard, and two new boarded windows with decorative glass panes. The floor plan shows that the oldest part of the building, the former bakehouse and the chamber at the rear, were at the west end of the building, and slightly narrower than the rest of the building. The base of the building was of the semi-detached type. At the time of restoration, the building had two kitchens and seven rooms with tiled stoves.
At the same time, it was proposed to build a penthouse with a pent roof on the southern boundary of the plot. However, it was built with a saddle roof according to a plan drawn up in 1899. The outbuilding on the western boundary was repaired and raised in 1899. Both plans were drawn up by Arvi Forsman. In 1913, a brick barn section was added to the outbuilding on the western boundary.
In the early 1900s, a new entrance was made to the house and on the second occasion the chamber was converted into a kitchen. More separate apartments were wanted.
In 1973, the building had one two-room and kitchen and three one-room and kitchen apartments. Two of these were combined into a three-room and kitchen apartment, while toilets were added to the apartments. A sauna was also added to one of the apartments. In 1977, the rooms were combined, leaving one large apartment of just over 100 m2 and a small studio apartment. Both apartments were fitted with modern shower facilities. The location of the sauna in the larger apartment was changed. The central heating boiler was placed in the outbuilding, which also housed the garage. In 1988, a new gate was built, based on the old design.
Current situation
Residential building
Elongated residential building, north wing probably from the early 19th century, east wing from 1898, neo-renaissance lining 1898 (Arvi Forsman), hipped roof
Exterior building on the side of Helsingintori
Vertical planked outbuilding from 1899
Outbuilding on the west side of the courtyard
Vertical boarded and partly brick outbuilding
Gate
Redesigned to resemble the one Arvi Forsman designed for the plot in 1898.