Wähä-Lella

History

In 1800, the plot belonged to the patron Johan Bergqvist. Who also owned the beach cottage.

Modification drafts

The oldest modification drawing of the buildings on the corner of Isopoikkikatu and Eteläpitkäkatu was drawn by Arvi Forsman in 1896. The residential building was given a neo-renaissance lining and a high fence and gate were built on the roof side. On the property was a small outbuilding with a hipped roof, a barn, a woodshed and a latrine.

The next alteration drawing dates from 1909. It was drawn by Leonard Ahti. A new wing is to be built along Isopoikkikatu, and a wing with a latrine and a latrine in the courtyard, replacing the outbuilding. The building will be further divided into two apartments. One will have a room, a kitchen and a small hallway, and the other will have two rooms, a kitchen and a hallway. The building has an Art Nouveau lining and a gate.

The next drawing is from 1974. Before the conversion, there had been three flats: the Isopoikkikatu wing had formed an 18 m² apartment with its own room and kitchen. The apartment on the corner, on the south side of the street, had consisted of a room and a kitchen and was 27,5 m² in size, and the third apartment consisted of a 15 m² kitchen. The conversion was to combine all three rooms and the kitchenette into an apartment of 63,5 m². The wall between the room in the smallest apartment and the kitchen was demolished and replaced by a larger room. The kitchen in the room and kitchen apartment along the street remained in its old use, but when a toilet was built in the same space to replace the stove, the kitchen space was reduced to a pantry. The former dormitory became a sauna and the latrine a storage room. The living rooms were fitted with pannelled walls.

In 1984, the living spaces were rearranged: the kitchen and toilet were moved to a new location and the sauna was replaced.

Current situation

Residential building
Short-cornered residential building, Art Nouveau lining 1909 (Leonard Ahti), saddle roof

Gate
Art Nouveau gate, made to match the 1909 lining.