Manor · Jõgeva County · Põltsamaa
Lustivere Lustifer
Lustivere was recorded in 1552, and in 1725 Catherine I gave it to Sigismund Adam von Wolff, who built a Baroque timber house. In the 1800s the estate belonged to the Samson-Himmelstjernas and then the Wahls, who pulled down the old house and in 1871–1881 built a Neo-Gothic manor to a design by Reinhold Guleke; the octagonal tower was added in 1891. From 1929 the house was a tuberculosis sanatorium.
Built / first recorded 1871–1881 · tower 1891
Style Neo-Gothic
Condition Standing
German name Lustifer Today
The house has been a care home since 1992; the large park and many outbuildings survive.
Owners Wrangell17. saj–17. saj von Wolff1725–1818 von Samson-Himmelstjerna1818–1856 von Wahl1856–1919 Good to know The old Baroque timber house was built in the “Dutch style.” In 1910 running water, drains and electricity were installed to a design by Wilhelm Sternfeld. Some interior details were carried over from the old house. Photos through time 1934 · Photo: Lustivere manor house and garden, Põltsamaa parish, c., by A. Michelson1935 · Photo: Lustivere manor house, Põltsamaa parish, c., by A. Sulev1935 · Photo: Lustivere manor house, Põltsamaa parish, c., by A. Michelson1968 · Lustivere manor and park in Jõgeva County. Landscape architect Ethel Brafmann2012 · The small manor house, 20122012 · Stable and carriage house, 20122012 · The manor park, 20122013 · Lustivere manor house, 20132013 · The main house and tower, 20132022 · Lustivere manor, 20222022 · Lustivere manor in winter, 2022Nearby
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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