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History

In 1756 the plot belonged to Erik Grönström. In 1800 the owner was Mr. Lauri Sacklén, a parish judge. He had a food shed outside the plot.

Fire insurances

The house was insured against fire in 1847, when it was owned by Carl Cederström. At that time there were four buildings on the plot. The main building on Kuninkaankatu was old and in fair condition. The building was boarded up on the Kuninkaankatu and Koulukatu side and half on the courtyard side. It was painted with red water based paint. The roof was tiled. Above the external roof was a canopy supported by columns. There were nine windows and they were six-paned. There was also one square six-paned window. There were seven windows in the attic. Six of the windows also had shutters, which were double board. There were six rooms: an entrance hall, two halls and two chambers with a total of four tiled stoves and a kitchen with a kitchen stove. One of the ovens was a painted column tiled stove, one was a green glazed tiled stove and one was a round painted tiled stove. The attic stairs led from the hall closet, which had a board door. The hallway door was a semi-transomed double door with a window above it. The outer door was a double door, double plank. It was oil painted. The partition doors between the rooms were half-transom, there were four of them. There were also two but board doors. The four rooms had paper wallpaper, baseboards, baseboards and ceiling tiles, painted with oil paint.

The second residential building was located along the Koulukatu. It was also old and in poor condition. The building was painted with red water-based paint. There were five windows and they were six-paned. There were eight windows in the attic. Above the staircase was a canopy supported by columns. There were two chimneys. The rooms were a lobby, hall and pantry with tiled stoves and a kitchen with a kitchen stove. The building also had two cooking fences and a corridor. The attic stairs led from the hall closet. The exterior doors were semi-transomed, and there were four of them, plus two board doors and an attic hatch. One room had paper wallpaper, a chest panel and a ceiling molding. Two tiled stoves were square and brown-tiled, and there was a kitchen stove.

On the southern boundary of the property was a baker’s building that formed a corner with another dwelling. This was also old and in fair condition. The building was partly adobe, partly boarded and painted in red brick. It had two small windows. There was a hall, a baker’s pantry and a tool shed. Under the building was a vaulted stone cellar. The doors of the building had one board door split in two in the middle and the other three were simple board doors. The building also had a cupboard with doors.

The exterior building, located on Pappilankatu, was a log structure. It was old and had a barn, a shed and a gateway. The gate was simple board, as were the two doors of the building. Two buildings on the north side of the plot were left unsecured, one a stable and the other a shed. The double plank gate on the Koulukatu side, with a separate access gate, was insured. The gate was painted green. There was a garden with fruit trees on the site.

In 1857, the house was owned by Dr J. O. Strömberg. During his time, the situation on the property had changed to such an extent that it was time for new insurance policies to be taken out. As regards the main building, it was mentioned that the west wing had been built in earlier times, but the south wing had been largely altered in 1853. The east wing had been boarded up and painted in red paint. The roof was tiled and there were three chimneys. There were now 14 six-paned windows and one larger nine-paned window. There were ten windows in the attic. Six of the windows had shutters. A canopy supported by columns over the exterior roof was still in place. There were five chimneys. There were twelve rooms in the building: two entrance halls, a tambour, two halls, five chambers, a kitchen and a dining room. There were eight tiled stoves in all, plus a kitchen stove with a stove and a frying oven. A double door in the entrance hall, with a window above it, is also mentioned now. There were now 14 half-transomed partition doors, plus two painted board doors. There were five glazed tiled stoves and two unglazed, plus one brick tiled stove.

Edellisellä kerralla leivintupana ollut rakennus mainittiin nyt vanhana ulkorakennuksena, jonka kunto oli välttävä. Osa oli hirrestä osa laudasta ja rakennus oli maalattu punamullalla. Rakennuksessa oli puuliiteri ja vaunuvaja. Rakennuksen alla oli holvattu kellari. Tämän rakennuksen jatkeena oli uusi leivintuparakennus, joka oli pystytetty vuonna 1854. Siinä oli kaksi huonetta, eteinen ja pakaritupa, jossa oli leivintuvan uuni ja saunan uuni sekä holvattu uunikuuppa. Kuusiruutuisia ikkunoita rakennuksessa oli kaksi.

Pappilankadun puoleinen ulkorakennus sisälsi edelleen tallin ja navetan porttikäytävän. Pienet ulkorakennukset, joita edellisellä kerralla ei vakuutettu, olivat tontilta hävinneet.

The building that had been a baker’s shop the previous time was now mentioned as an old outbuilding in poor condition. Part of the building was made of logs, part of board and batten and painted with red paint. The building had a wooden shed and a coach house. Under the building was a vaulted cellar. A new baker’s building, erected in 1854, was an extension of this building. It had two rooms, an entrance hall and an attic room with a baking oven and a sauna oven and a vaulted oven cupboard. The building had two hexagonal windows.

The dwelling and outbuilding on the southern boundary were now listed as a single building. It was in good condition, although it was built in earlier times. The building was planked and painted with oil paint and had a felt roof. Facilities included a baker’s pantry, hallway and store room of logs to serve the family’s needs, as well as a sleeping room and two log huts of board. The oven in the baking room also served as the oven in the laundry room and had a masonry hearth. The building had been raised in 1891, painted and covered with felt. It also had a new oven with a masonry hearth. Under the building was a vaulted stone cellar.

The exterior of the building on the side of the vicarage was said to be partly made of logs and partly of board. It was in good condition. The log part was planked and painted with oil paint. The building had a felt roof. Part of the building was said to date from 1855 and the boarded part from 1891. The building contained a stable with a hayloft, a barn with a loft and a gateway to Pappilankatu. There was also a barn annexe with a latrine and a manure store. The insurance value of the building was increased because it was raised, had a stone foundation and a felt roof, was planked and painted with oil paint, and the stable and barn were redecorated.

Modification drafts

In 1889, changes were made to the buildings on the plot owned by the navigator B. Ekroth. There was a residential building on the corner of Kuninkaankatu and Koulukatu and outbuildings on the southern boundary, on the western boundary on the Pappilankatu side and on the northern boundary against the neighbouring plot. The residential building on Kuninkaankatu was a semi-detached dwelling with an entrance hall and kitchen in the middle. On either side of them was a hall and at the ends a chamber. The wing on Koulukatu had an entrance hall and kitchen, with halls on either side. In addition, there were two wide rooms in the building frame between the part with a double-door base and the wing facing Kuninkaankatu. In front of both entrances were porches. The apartments were connected to each other. The façades of the main building had a decorative neo-renaissance lining. The plans were drawn up by John Fredr. Lindegren.

The outbuilding on the southern boundary of the property had sleeping quarters at one end and a baking house at the other, with a large oven that also served as a sauna and laundry room. Under the building was a cellar. The outbuilding facing the parsonage road had a covered gateway in the middle, with a barn on one side and a stable and barn on the other. The privy was a separate outhouse on the side of the barn. The building facing the neighbouring property was angled towards the building facing the vicarage, and contained a truck shed and a log cabin.

In 1891, an addition was made to the porch of the Kuninkaankatu wing, adding a kitchen and porch. The plans were drawn up by John Fredr. John Lindegren.

In 1898 there was a modification drawing by Arvi Forsman. A new wing was built on the courtyard side of the house to house a kitchen and a pantry. A glass porch was built between this new wing and the wing on Koulukatu. The kitchen and porch in the previous plan were removed to make way for the new one. Whether all the previous changes were implemented in time remains a matter of conjecture. In 1910, the new kitchen was to have its own entrance and a small porch in front of it.

In 1900, a shop entrance and display window were opened on the Kuninkaankatu side of the building, opposite both halls. In 1912, more business premises were added. At the corner of Kuninkaankatu and Koulukatu, the rooms were combined to create a large shop room with a corner door and display windows on both sides of Kuninkaankatu and Koulukatu. The entrance and windows of the shop in the hall on the west side of Kuninkaankatu were now arranged so that there was a door in the middle and display windows on both sides. A new shop was opened at the other end of the wing on the Koulukadun side, with a display window next to the door. An extension was made to the courtyard side of the Koulukatu wing, with entrances, a kitchen and a pantry. Arvi Leikari designed the new doors and windows to match the building’s earlier neo-renaissance lining. A small tower was drawn above the corner door.

In 1908, changes were made to the loft building. The large room was divided into two rooms and the fireplace was replaced by a smaller one. A separate heating stove was added to the chamber. A masonry fireplace was still built next to the baking oven, but the sauna oven was removed.

In 1927, another new shop was opened on the Kuninkaankatu side. On one side of the door was a shop window in the same style as the one already on the façade. In 1932, a shop window was also planned for the other side of the door. The west end of the façade would still have one residential window. In 1936, fireplace modifications were made to the salon where the new window would have been located. It turns out that this had not been done. At the same time, the bakery portion of the building on the south side of the lot was converted into a room and kitchen apartment. A toilet was also added. The baking oven was demolished. The first garage was added to the outbuilding.

In 1856, changes were made to the commercial and residential building. The entrances on the Kuninkaankatu side were replaced and all the windows were converted into large, one-piece display windows with a small sash above them. The partition walls were demolished. Along Kuninkaankatu, four commercial premises were added, one of which was equipped with a florist’s shop. It had a small toilet and a common door with the shop next door. The second shop was connected to a workshop in the former kitchen wing of the building. A 20 m² apartment with a room, a kitchenette and a toilet was left in the silo. The middle shop had its own entrance from both the street and the courtyard. The shop on the corner was connected to the adjacent flat. Next to the shop was a study. The apartment had a living room, dining room, bedroom, hall, hallway, kitchen and two toilets, one connected to the shop’s kitchen and hallway, the other to the hall. The second apartment had a room, kitchen, hall and hallway and a toilet. The building was fitted with central heating. The heating furnaces were dismantled. In addition to the boiler room and fuel store, a sauna and a cellar were added to the basement. At an earlier stage, the wing of the Koulukatu had been extended along its entire length.

In 1959, the toilet block on the side of the outbuilding was demolished. Both the stable and the barn were converted into garages. The outbuilding against the neighbouring property no longer existed.

Current situation

Street-side building
North wing of an oblong residential building, now a commercial building, street facade with horizontal boarding, courtyard facade with clapboard siding, saddle roof, large display windows from 1956. East wing short-cornered residential building, neo-renaissance cladding. Yard wing from 1898 (Arvi Leikari).

Courtyard building
Long-cornered outbuilding and dwelling house, gabled roof, gable roof, western part built c.1854. The spirit of the present layout is the same as in the 1889 modification drawing (John F. Lindegren)

Exterior building
Outer building with oblong corners and a hipped roof, built in the early 19th century.

Gate
Exterior building has a pass-through gate to Pappilankatu, old gate leaves.