Wähä-Klööwi

History

In 1800, Wähä-Klöövi belonged to tailor Samuel Roos. He also had some land, but he was poor.

Modification drafts

The oldest modification drawing dates from 1894 and was drawn by John Fred. Lindegren. The street-side building, which had a central hall base, had a kitchen wing added to the side of the courtyard, with an entrance in addition to the kitchen. The second entrance to the building was through a porch off its second main room. One of the main rooms was a hall, the other a chamber. The chambers on the other side of the hall were connected at this stage by demolishing the partition wall. On the eastern side of the plot was a baker’s building with a room, a pantry and a hallway.

The outbuilding on the southern boundary of the plot contained a barn, stables, a feed store and a shed, and a small, separate, shed-roofed latrine on the side of the building. There was also a shed on the site.

In 1919, the hall of the building, then owned by Pekka Peltola, was replaced by a shop entrance and a tall, narrow shop window. In 1922, a single living room and a brick-walled entrance section were added to the courtyard side of the building.

In 1965, commercial premises were added to the building. All the old partition walls were demolished except for the wall of the former kitchen, which remained to separate the commercial space from the storage area, which also housed a small toilet and boiler room. All the furnaces were demolished when the heating system was changed. The previous alterations had resulted in an extension to the courtyard side of the building comprising a room and a vestibule. A bathroom had been removed from the kitchen end of the large chamber. All these spaces were now connected to a large shop room. The four four-light, classically panelled windows on the street façade gave way to three large display windows and a roof entrance.

In 1981, a café-pastry shop was built. The conversion plans were drawn up by architect Jukka Koivula.

Current situation

Street-side building
Long corner building, neo-renaissance lining, hipped roof, shop windows. Large shop windows in 1965, when the building was converted from residential to commercial use, with some restoration and adaptive changes in the 1980s (Jukka Koivula)

Courtyard building
Elongated building, originally a baker’s shop, with a roof lining

Gate
Old-style gate from the 1980s (Jukka Koivula).

Short-cornered residential building, built in three phases between 1839 and 1847, Neo-Renaissance lining of 1902 (Arvi Forsman), ribbed horizontal boarding on the courtyard façade, hipped roof, display windows of 1962. Long-cornered timber-framed outbuilding.