Wähä-Päewäne

History

In 1800 the plot belonged to the shifter Thom. Nihlberg. He also had a field, a granary and a barn.

Fire insurances

The fire insurance policy was taken out in 1852 by C. J. Tallqvist, a squire. There were two buildings on the plot. The main building was located on Vanhankirkonkatu. It was built in 1846 and had not been boarded up or painted. The building had seven windows. All had both an external and an internal window. There were five rooms: an entrance hall, two halls, a pantry and a kitchen. There were three tiled ovens and a kitchen with a stove without a baking oven. All four intermediate doors were of the semi-transom type. The entrance door was a double door with a window above it. The hall and one of the chambers had paper wallpaper. The ceiling of the hall was papered with machine-made paper. The oven in the hall was a brown-sided tiled oven, and the chambers had brick ovens. The exterior was built in 1852, partly of old and partly of new logs. It was unplanked and unpainted. It had a chalk threshing floor, a feed barn and a barn. In addition, the gate to the property, which faced the Vanhankirkonkatu, was insured.

In 1883, it was noted that since the last five-year inspection, the outbuilding had been extended with a stable and a hold, and an addition had been made to the main building to form a gabled building with four living rooms, a kitchen, a bake house and a porch.

Modification drafts

In 1893 the plot belonged to the labourer Johan Ahlsen. The plot had an angular residential building and an outbuilding with the end facing Isopoikkikatu. A new wing is to be added to the outbuilding on the western boundary of the plot. In addition, a canopy will be built between the residential building and the outbuilding, facing Isopoikkatu. The canopy was built, but the additional wing of the outbuilding was not built. In 1895, the house was owned by Linus Nyroos, a sailor. The residential building is shown as John Fred. Lindegren’s plan to line the street side with a rich neo-renaissance design. The courtyard side remained more modest. For example, the windows would remain six-paned, while on the street side they would be replaced with transoms. The end of the exterior building was proposed to be fitted with a window and lined with neo-renaissance tiles. On the courtyard side, however, the building was a typical outbuilding with double doors and hatches. The drawing shows that the two wings of the residential building are based on a semi-detached base. Two extensions were to be made to the courtyard side, one of which would provide a kitchen and entrance, while the other would make a larger room, equipped with a baking oven but with an entrance from the outside. In addition, there were two small board-oven sheds on the courtyard side. One has access to a separate rented room with no cooking facilities.

In 1898, a new plan for the lining was drawn up. It is now presented in a much simpler form than previously planned, but with a neo-renaissance theme. The façades were built according to this plan. At the same time it was planned to extend the two porches and replace one of the tiled stoves with a stove. The second extension will be in front of the entrance to the bakery, so that the door will no longer open directly outwards. The building will then have three separate apartments, one with a baking oven and two with a conventional stove.

In 1925, an extension to the outbuilding was built on the site where it had previously been planned. The building is now a two-storey stone warehouse with a pent roof. The owner of the land is F. Ahlfors. The plans were drawn up by H. L. Kemppainen. In 1938 a sauna was built on the second floor of the building. Part of it remains as a storage room. The owner is the same as before, but his name has changed to Ajango.

In 1965 the house was still owned by Ajango. The two apartments in the residential building were divided to create three two-room apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette. They range in size from 36 m2 to 69 m2. All four apartments were fitted with a small toilet in each and the kitchen was modernised with sink units and electric cookers. Two of the old kitchens still had a wood stove. Some of the heating stoves were replaced by oil fires

In 1976, permission was sought for the conversion of the apartments. The owner of the building was registered as a housing association to be set up. The following year, the renovation of the other two apartments and the outbuilding continued. In 1980, studio space for a ceramicist and an artist was added to the stone outbuilding.

In 1996, a craft room and a warm storage room were added to the attic of the residential building.

Current situation

Residential building
Elongated residential building, north wing built in 1846, east wing in 1880, ribbed horizontal planking and neo-renaissance style from 1895 (John F. Lindegren)

Exterior building
Masonry exterior, built 1852 and 1880

Outbuilding
Concrete and brick outbuilding, made for the use of a carving shed

Gate
Renovated in the early 1900s to a more common type.