Manor · Harju County · Anija
Kehra Kedder
Kehra was founded in 1620 on an old mill site by the Jägala River, and its owners included the De la Gardies and the Torstensons. In 1820 Friedrich August von Maydell bought the estate and built an Early Classicist wooden house with a tall half-hipped roof and a pedimented central bay; wooden imitation quoins adorn its corners. Kehra was so small that it was called a one-village manor.
Built / first recorded c. 1820
Style Early Classicist wooden manor
Condition Standing
German name Kedder Today
After the war the house held a clinic and hospital; today the manor is privately owned.
Owners De la Gardie1637–17. saj von Brevern1760–1820 von Maydell1820–1855 von Essen1855–1907 von Ulrich1907–1914 Good to know Gertrude Magdalena von Brevern lived at Kehra for 60 years. In 1914 the estate was sold to the Estonian Farmers’ Society. In 1913 the estate had 1,504 hectares of land. Photos through time 1935 · Kehra manor (Kedder), main house1935 · Kehra manor (Kedder), main housearchive · Kehra manorarchive · Kehra manor2019 · Kehra manor, 20192020 · Kehra manor, 20202020 · The other side of the house, 20202020 · The granary and cultural center, 2020Nearby
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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