Wähä-Longi

History

In 1756 the plot is mentioned to have been owned by Hackenberg. In 1800 it was owned by bourgeois dowager Eeva Wassberg.

Fire insurances

The fire insurance was taken out in 1877 by the sailor J. S. Fagerholm. There were four buildings on the plot along Pappilankatu. The main building was on the northern boundary and the second residential building was on Pappilankatu. On the southern boundary of the plot was a residential building and an outbuilding, on the western boundary was also an outbuilding.

The main building was old but in good condition. It was partly boarded up and painted with red waterpaint. The roof was made of boards. The rooms consisted of a hall, two chambers and a hallway. There were three tiled stoves. The second building was also old and was planked and painted with red watercolour. The roof was tiled. It had a hall, two chambers and a hallway. The building included a porch. There were three tiled stoves.

Modification drafts

The oldest modification drawing of Vähä-Longi dates back to 1892. At that time, there was a residential building on the plot facing Pappilankatu and another residential building on the northern boundary of the plot, with its end facing Pappilankatu. The other two buildings are on the southern and western boundaries of the plot, built together. The change concerned the opening of the roof entrance to the building with its end facing Pappilankatu. A gable-roofed extension was added to the side of the building to provide the entrance. Double doors were added on the street side, with glass at the top. There was also a window above the door. A second door was added to the entrance section from the courtyard side. The dwelling was low and vertically planked. The window was six-paned and framed in a Custavian style. A similar window was added to the new entrance section.

In 1907, the buildings had undergone some changes. The residential building facing the street had disappeared and the buildings on the southern and western boundaries of the plot were to be separated by demolishing one of the rooms in between. The building on the southern edge of the plot has four rooms, one of which was a baker’s pantry. The location of the baking oven was to be changed. The other rooms were fitted with fireplaces, one with a kitchen stove and two with tiled ovens. The location of the porch in the baking room was to be changed and a new porch was built in front of the other kitchen and room. A new latrine was built in the outbuilding on the western boundary of the plot.

In 1911, changes were made to the residential building on the northern boundary of the plot. The plans were drawn up by Arvi Leikari, as were the plans for the previous alteration. A wing was added to the side of Pappilankatu. It added two kitchens, one pantry and two entrances on the courtyard side and one on the street side, where there was previously a gable-roofed entrance. One wall of the old part of the building was moved, creating more space in the room on the street side. The old part also had a kitchen, two chambers and a hallway. The porch in front of the entrance hall was demolished. The street façade of the building is horizontal boarded and the T-windows have simple, Art Nouveau-style panelling. The door is also in the same style.

In 1969, changes were made to the Vähä-Longi buildings. Amenities and central heating were added to the residential building along Pappilankatu. The old fireplaces were dismantled, but a fireplace was installed in one room. A sauna was also added to the larger apartment. The three-roomed flat with kitchen had a floor area of 91 m2 and consisted of two former flats. A second apartment with a room and a pantry, measuring 25 m2, was left in the building and a small toilet was added. The conversion involved the removal of the entrance on the street side and the porch on the courtyard side. The building was clad in horizontal boarding on the street side and vertical boarding on the courtyard side. The windows on the roof side are T-pane, the windows on the courtyard side are hexagonal.

In 1970, a heat duct was also run from the boiler room to another residential building, where the furnaces could be dismantled. The two apartments were combined. Two toilets were also built into the dwelling. In 1971, a large part of the old outbuilding was demolished as the latrine and wood sheds were no longer needed. The barn remained as a shed and the two former sheds were combined to form a car shed. The lining of the building was changed from horizontal to vertical boarding. In 1973, the car shed was converted into a craft room, and the shed was converted into a garage.

Current situation

Residential building along the stree
Short-cornered residential building, courtyard wing with oblong corner, street façade with horizontal boarding (Arvi Leikari), courtyard façade with cladding, saddle roof

Residential building in the courtyard
Short-cornered residential building, horizontal boarding, saddle roof

Outbuilding
Exterior building of boarded construction.