Lehola was founded in 1626 or 1627 by Casper Krämer, when his father’s estate was divided between the sons. In 1707 the manor passed to the Tallinn Town Council to cover debts. In 1726 Tallinn burgomaster Joachim Gernet and his family acquired it, and they kept it until 1897. The one-story stone house with a half-hipped roof was built under the Gernets in the later 1700s; in the early 1800s its front gained a classical triangular pediment.
Only the walls and two mantel chimneys of the main house remain. The steward’s house and the distillery are in use; almost the entire complex is a protected monument.
Owners
Krämer1627–17. saj
Scheding1707
Tallinna raad1707–1726
Gernet1726–1897
Kirschbaum1897–1910
Girard de Soucanton1910–1917
Busch ja Laur1917–1926
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The manor was also known as Kulna.
In 1917 Baron Edmund Girard de Soucanton sold the manor for 250,000 rubles to two Estonians, farmer August Busch and agronomist Eduard Laur.
Unusually, the park lies not behind the house but to its right.
