Completed in 1821 under the von Stackelbergs, the main house is one of the most luxurious classicist manor houses in Estonia. For many years it was an orphanage.
Peter Gustav von Stackelberg moved the manor to a new site, creating Uue-Riisipere and its classical house of 1821.
Its six-column portico, white columned hall and coffered domed hall make it a high point of Estonian classicism.
No row of rosettes in the domed hall’s coffered ceiling repeats another.
Photos through time
1842 · Landsitz Riesenberg, drawn by Elizabeth Rigby Elizabeth Rigby · Public domain1867 · Riisipere manor Wilhelm Siegfried Stavenhagen · Eesti Rahva Muuseum, ERM K 2329:74 · Public domain1912 · The main house, 1912 Unknown · Public domain1912 · Riisipere manor (Neu - Riesenberg), main house from the garden Eesti Rahva Muuseum, ERM Fk 887:348 · Public domain1914 · Riisipere manor (Neu - Riesenberg), watermill Eesti Rahva Muuseum, ERM Fk 887:346 · Public domain1914 · Riisipere manor (Neu - Riesenberg), potato harvest in the manor fields Eesti Rahva Muuseum, ERM Fk 887:347 · Public domain1915 · Riisipere manor (Neu - Riesenberg), hall Eesti Rahva Muuseum, ERM Fk 887:349 · Public domainarchive · Riisipere manor (Bishop Platon orphanage) Eesti Ajaloomuuseum, AM N 5659:3 · CC BYarchive · Riisipere manor August Hermann Blatt · Eesti Rahva Muuseum, ERM Fk 2611:7 · CC BY-NCarchive · Riisipere manor August Hermann Blatt · Eesti Rahva Muuseum, ERM Fk 2611:106 · CC BY-NCarchive · Riisipere manor August Hermann Blatt · Eesti Rahva Muuseum, ERM Fk 2611:132 · CC BY-NCarchive · Riisipere manor Carl Sarap · Tallinna Linnamuuseum, TLM Fn 9799:6/38 · CC BY
