Keava was first recorded in the 1480s and for centuries belonged to the owners of neighboring Ingliste manor. In 1767 Gustav Wilhelm von Staal acquired it and in the 1770s–1780s built a stately Early Classical main house. It featured a three-window raised center with arched windows under a triangular pediment, and barrel-vaulted wings at the ends – unique in Estonia – probably used as carriage houses. From 1853 until 1919 the manor belonged to the Fersens. Burned in 1905, the house was rebuilt close to its original form.
The ruins of the main house are a protected monument. The finest surviving outbuilding is a Historicist grain dryer with arched windows from the late 1800s; most of the rest are in ruins or gone.
Owners
von Anrep1561–1680
von Engdes1680–18. saj
von Staal18. saj–1808
von Rosen1808–1822
von Lilienfeld1822–1830
von Rosen1830–1853
von Fersen1853–1919
Good to know
Its barrel-vaulted end wings are unique in Estonia.
The steward’s house, windmill, stable, grain dryer, granary and carriage house are protected monuments.
