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Coordinates: 56°59'48,19'' N 24°05'09,36'' E Google Maps
No:171        (list of all monuments)
Category:Palaces and manor houses
Address:Riga, Voleri, Voleru Street 11
Versions of name:Wohlershof, Volera muiza
Year of construction:Late 18th c.
Architectural style:Barocco
Condition:Rather bad
Value:Architecture

 

This manor house has been preserved up to this day.

Word of Voleri appears in the times of Courland Duchy - it is connected to tavern and meadow and named after tenant Henning Wohler. There is known that in 1770 this manor was obtained by Latvian entrepeneur Janis Steinhauers. At the second half of 19th century it belonged to the Talheims - family of merchants and manufacturers.

Images

Manor house in Voleri 11

Potential Voleri manor hous. 2009.01.29.

Voleri manor house in map from 1930

Voleri manor house in map. 1930.


References

  1. Latvijas piļu un muižu asociācijas mājaslapa, visited on 22nd June 2009.
  2. Rīgas ielas, 1.sējums. Rīga, 2001, pp.29.,43.
  3. Rīgas plāns, 1:50 000, Rīgas pilsētas ielu bruģi un šosejas, 1930.
  4. Pope A. Rīgas galvenā nomale, Rīga, Zelta grauds, 2005, p.15.

 

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