Manor · Järva County
Laupa
The old wooden main house burned down in 1905. In its place a neo-baroque palace was completed in 1914 — one of the finest of its style in Estonia. Renovated in 1999–2001, it houses a school.
Built / first recorded 1914
Style Neo-Baroque
Condition Rebuilt Today
Standing; the house is a school.
Owners von Fersenu 1630–1849 von Taube1849–1919 Good to know Insurgents burned the old main house in 1905. The new neo-Baroque house (1913, architect Jacques Rosenbaum) was paid for by profits from the Türi paper mill. Mansard roofs, terraces and rich stucco; it has been a school since 1922. Photos through time 1904 · Laupa manor before the fire1914 · The new palace in its completion year, 19141922 · Laupa manor1938 · Laupa manor, main house front1938 · Laupa manor, main house garden sidearchive · Laupa manor, main house frontarchive · Laupa manor, the main house across the pondarchive · Laupa manor, old main housearchive · Laupa manor, architect Jacques Rosenbaumarchive · Laupa manor, architect Jacques Rosenbaumarchive · Laupa manor, later school building2023 · Laupa, 2023Nearby
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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