Protected building

Sepänkatu 9, virastotalo

Kuopio

Why visit

This rendered brick house on Sepänkatu began life in 1851–52 as the office and home of provincial land surveyor C. A. Rehnström, his family living on the second floor.

Look for: Notice the building's third storey: it was added later to designs by architect Kerttu Rytkönen, after the house passed to the cattle-husbandry college.

About this site

The oldest parts of the three-storey rendered brick building date from 1851–52. It served as a workroom, i.e. land survey office, and dwelling for its builder, county land surveyor C.A. Rehnström. The family lived on the second floor. The next owner was merchant L.G. Ranin. The building was purchased for the karjatalousopisto in 1922. The building was raised by one storey according to designs by architect Kerttu Rytkönen.

Official description (Museovirasto), machine-translated from Finnish