Tulli

Fire insurances

The fire insurance had been taken out in 1864 by the sailor Otto Karlsson. At that time, the main building, which was located at the corner of Kuninkaankatu, was insured. The building, which was still unplanked and unpainted, had been built in the summer of the same year. The building had a tiled roof with no ash underneath. The building had a porch, a lobby, a hall, eight chambers, a kitchen and two entrance porches. There were ten tiled stoves and a kitchen stove with an iron stove and a frying oven.

Two years later a new policy was taken out as more buildings had been added. An angular outbuilding had risen on the east and south boundaries of the property in 1865. It had a tiled roof with no brick between. The building contained a stable with hayloft and barn, a latrine, a dung-house and a dormitory with an attic. There was also a gate to the property with a separate pedestrian gate. In addition, there was a timber-framed wooden shed, a log wash-house or sauna, and two log dormitory buildings, which were not considered appropriate to insure.

In 1859, another new building was insured. It was a warehouse building on the west and south sides of the plot. The building was of log construction and was erected in 1868. The building had a tiled roof with two layers of boards, with no ash between them. The lining and painting were still missing. There were three dormitories, with a porch, a wooden staircase and a coach house, some of whose walls were made of plank. Under the west wing of the building is a vaulted cellar of German bricks. A temporary log sauna and a log dormitory are still mentioned on the site. However, the wooden shed and one log cabin, which were built together with the previous outbuilding, have been demolished.

In 1872 the insurance was renewed again. In addition to the previous buildings, a new residential building was erected on the north and east sides of the plot, along Kuninkaankatu. It was built between 1870 and 1871 and was unboarded, painted in red water-based paint and had a boarded roof without a tuff layer. The building had a hall, three chambers, a baker’s room, a threshing room, a tambour and a hallway. There were four tiled stoves, two hearths, one of which had a bread oven with a masonry iron stove attached, and a masonry fireplace. The building had two covered staircases, one of which was a porch with a window. The building had wooden gutters and the following summer the roof was to be covered with tiles.

In 1892, a bakery was being established in the latter building. The intention was to rent a bakery for the baker. At that time, the building had four rooms, a baking room and a kitchen. In the same wing there was also a laundry room and a threshing room. Before the application was granted, the firewalls and the condition of the oven were checked. The front of the oven and the wall above the oven were required to be bricked up and the intermediate roof covered with cladding. The respondent, a former baker himself, also believes that the business is small and that the whole business will soon move away because the location was unsuitable for a bakery.

Modification drafts

The buildings on the plot are shown in an alteration drawing by John Fredrik Lindegren from 1890. It concerned the facades of the building, which were given a neo-renaissance appearance. The second alteration drawing for the façades dates from 1892, with slightly different details. In 1899, Arvi Forsman drew an alteration drawing showing an extension to the building on the corner of Kuninkaankatu and the present Tullivahe on the courtyard side, with kitchens, hallways and an open veranda. In 1901, Arvi Forsman drew a plan in which a pass-through gate was replaced by a roof entrance.

The building on the plot, along Kuninkaankatu and on the eastern boundary of the plot underwent fireplace modifications. The building contained a baking room and possibly a room with a sauna oven, as well as chambers, one of which was to be converted into a kitchen. There were two entrances to the building, but the apartments were not completely separate, with doors between the rooms.

A drawing by Arvi Leikari of a residential building along the present Tullivahe dates from 1920. The building had three kitchens, one of which had a baking oven, and five chambers. The layout of the building reflects the spirit of the 1920s. The panelling was vertical mouldings and the upper part of the windows was divided into small squares.

In 1966, alterations were made to the residential buildings. Furnaces were demolished to provide central heating. The kitchens were also renovated. The apartments were also fitted with toilets. In 1969 there was a plan to renovate the small residential building along the Tullivahe, adding three rooms, a kitchen and a sauna. The apartments would also have toilets.

Current situation

Residential building
Short-cornered residential building from 1864, rich neo-renaissance decoration 1890 (John F. Lindegren), hipped roof, tiled roof

Residential building
Short-cornered residential building dating from 1870 – 1871, Neo-Renaissance 1890, hipped roof, tiled roof

Residential building along the Tullivahe
Short-cornered building from 1868, with a hipped roof, hipped roof, pitched roof, apartments. The current layout follows Arvi Leikari’s 1920 design.

Exterior building
Exterior building with sheet metal cladding

Gate
On the Kuninkaankatu side, a gateway with a top that follows the design of John F. Lindegren. The gate leaves are covered with a narrow pontoon board, perhaps from the 1950s.