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Haihara Mansion
(Haiharan kartanoalue)
Haiharankatu 30

Buildings from the early 1800s onward

The lands of the Haihara village in 1558 were Keskinen and Ylinen. In 1726, Alanen separated from Keskinen, which similarly remained in peasant ownership until the 19th century. In the 1600s, the Haihara farm became a crown's military post, and after this it was owned by trader Gustaf Lundahl. The next owner was Captain Anselm Grahn, who left Haihara to his daughters, who in turn left it in their will to their brother's daughter Gunvor Ekroos. In 1963, Gunvor and Thorsten Ekroos decided to donate the estate to the city of Tampere as an outdoors museum. Captain Grahn built the main house in 1880, which in its original form was two storeys high. The house was later fixed and expanded several times. The second floor was torn down in the 1940s when a fire had damaged the building. The classicist appearance comes from the 1942 drawings of Georg Jägeroos. Today the main façade is bordered by light pairs of pillars, and the secondary entrance is on the side of the garden, leading to a glazed porch. The main house has later contained a museum showcasing period interiors and items as well as costumes.

Of the other structures at the museum area, the so-called Runeberg's Cabin was moved to its current place from the 1st Annala farm at Ylinen. National poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg spent the summer of 1834 with his spouse Fredrika Runeberg in this cabin, which Miss Augusta Lundahl had rented for them. The Runebergs and the cultural family of Lundahl were close friends together, and during their visit J.L. Runeberg had taken a liking to the Tampere region. Other buildings moved to the area are the old smithy and the windmill. The old Finlayson factory's carriage shed had been moved to Haihara in the 1960s, but when the Finlayson stable yards were restored in the early 2000s, the shed was moved back to its original place. Original to the yard is the cottage that contained a guest house and residences for workers. Now it contains a café. The stables, that were renovated in 1966, now host art exhibition space. Also original is the Foreman's house, while the lightly constructed park pavilion, the so-called Blåfieldska Paviljongen, designed by Wivi Lönn, was dismantled in 1983. However, before that, it was photographed and detailed drawings were made for possible reconstruction. The mansion's houses are surrounded by an untenanted park, in which elms, ashes, oaks, and hundred year old sembra pines grow.

Update: The Foreman's House (picture 5) and the nearby shed (picture 8) burned down on 16 June, 2023.
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