Founded in the late 1700s, Orgita belonged to the von Wetter-Rosenthals until 1919 and was one of the most stylish Classical manor ensembles in Läänemaa. The one-story stone house, probably built in the late 1700s, was rebuilt in the early 1800s in a grand Classical style. Matching granary and stable-and-carriage buildings flanked the forecourt, each with a six-column portico under a triangular pediment. The house was burned in 1905 and restored in slightly altered form, but was destroyed in the Battle of Märjamaa on July 15, 1941.
In the 1970s a state farm office was built on the site of the ruins, and it too is now practically a ruin. The granary’s columned portico collapsed in 2001–2002, and the stable and carriage house was rebuilt as a plain warehouse. Only ruins remain of the steward’s house and the garden temple.
Owners
von Wetter-Rosenthal1919
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The six-column porticoes of the granary and the stable-and-carriage house mirrored each other.
The park held one of the most stylish garden temples in Estonia.