Manor · Rapla County · Kehtna
Järvakandi Jerwakant
The von Staals built a grand main house in the 1780s, and in the 1820s Otto von Taube reshaped it into one of Estonia’s finest high-classical manors. Three long avenues ran straight to its eight-column portico. The house burned in 1905 and fell into ruin after land reform.
Built / first recorded 1780s · rebuilt 1820s
Style High classicism
Condition Lost 1905
German name Jerwakant Today
About half the walls stand in the undergrowth, near the outbuildings, the funeral chapel and kilometers of straight avenues.
Owners von Staal1743–1791 von Taube1791–1891 von Hoyningen-Huene1891–1911 von Harpe1911–1919 Good to know The pediment bore the Latin motto “Saxa te loquuntur”: let the stones speak of you. The estate’s network of straight avenues is the grandest in Estonia. The estate glassworks, founded in 1879, grew into today’s Järvakandi borough. Photos through time 1800s · The Järvakandi main house in the 1800s1904 · The Järvakandi main house before the fire1906 · Järvakandi after the manor burnings of 19051906 · Järvakandi manor after the 1905 burningsarchive · The Järvakandi main housearchive · Järvakandi manor main house ruinarchive · Järvakandi manor main house ruinarchive · Järvakandi manor main house ruinNearby
The buildings are stylized impressions, not surveyed models. Facts: mois.ee, Museum of Estonian Architecture, ERR, Wikipedia. Photos: MuIS and Wikimedia Commons, credited with each photo.
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