Manor · Harju County · Harku
Kumna
Johan Knopius founded the manor in the 1620s, and the place long carried his name as Knoobus. From 1838 the von Meyendorffs ruled here, and in the 1910s they began a Neoclassical house with a columned portico. It was finished only in the 1920s, after the estate had been expropriated, and the family left for good in 1939.
Built / first recorded 1910s
Style Neoclassicism
Condition Standing Today
The new house is privately owned and under restoration; the old wooden house stands empty.
Owners Knopius1620. aastad–1656 von Kosküll1778 von Meyendorff1838–1939 Good to know In 1862 Georg von Meyendorff put up a bronze Martin Luther statue at the Keila crossroads; in 1949 it was melted down for a Stalin statue. The estate has two main houses side by side, an old wooden one and a new stone one. The new house was completed only after expropriation. Photos through time archive · Kumna manorarchive · Kumna manorarchive · The Kumna main housearchive · Kumna manor old main housearchive · Kumna manor new main housearchive · Kumna manor old main housearchive · Kumna manor new main housearchive · Kumna manor old main houseNearby
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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