Manor · Järva County · Paide
Mäo Mexhof
In the 1500s Mäo belonged to the Meckes family, who gave it its German name, and in 1635 Queen Christina granted it to the general Lennart Torstenson. A new house rose in the 1700s on the walls of the Baroque one destroyed in the Great Northern War, and in the early 1800s it was lengthened and remodeled in Classicist style with Venetian windows and a four-column portico. The last lady of the manor, Alexandra von Grünewaldt, was Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov’s niece, and the composer spent several summers at Mäo.
Built / first recorded 1700s · remodeled early 1800s
Style Classicism
Condition Awaiting rescue
German name Mexhof Today
Ruined in the 1960s–70s, the house received new ceilings and a roof in the late 1980s before work stopped; only the shell remains.
Owners Mecks16. saj–17. saj Torstenson1635–1669 von Fersen1669–18. saj von Stackelberg18. saj–19. saj von Grünewaldt19. saj–1919 Good to know In 1669 Count Andreas Torstenson sold Mäo to Major General Hans von Fersen. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov gave house concerts at Mäo. The Classicist remodeling gave the house three-part Venetian windows. Photos through time 1938 · Mäo manor (Mexhof), garden side of the main house1938 · Mäo manor (Mexhof), main entrance of the housearchive · Site plan of the Paide Machine and Tractor Station (Mäo manor)archive · Mäo manorarchive · Mäo manor1987 · Photo: Mäo manor1987 · Photo: Mäo manor1987 · Photo: Mäo manor1987 · Photo: Mäo manor2012 · Mäo manor house, 20122012 · The steward’s house, 20122015 · Corner of the main house, 2015Nearby
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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