Sederholm house
The Sederholm House ( Finnish Sederholmin talo ) is the oldest stone building in downtown Helsinki . It is located on the southeast corner of Senate Square at Aleksanterinkatu 16-18.
The house was completed for the merchant Johan Sederholm in 1757 . It replaced an older wooden house that had stood in the same place. The new stone house, probably designed by the German architect Samuel Berner, was the most representative private house in the city at the time. Its creation marks the growing prosperity of Helsinki in the 18th century. At that time, the economic development of the previously rather insignificant city received an enormous boost, helped by the construction of the Suomenlinna sea fortress .
Sederholm's descendants sold the building in 1822. Between 1865 and 1870 it was converted into a rental and commercial building under Konstantin Kiseleff. In 1949 the house was acquired by the City of Helsinki and converted into a museum in 1995.
Web links
- Helsinki City Museum - Sederholm House (English)
Coordinates: 60 ° 10 ′ 8 ″ N , 24 ° 57 ′ 14 ″ E