The village and its history | Architecture
The village and its history > Architecture
Buildings
The architecture of Fiskars differs from that of other villages in Finland. Built on the banks of two sets of rapids along the Fiskars River, most of its buildings date from the early nineteenth century, and were designed by some of the most notable Finnish architects of the time, including C.L. Engel, J.E. Wiik, A.F. Granstedt, W. Aspelin, Charles Bassi, and A. Peel. The center of the village has an urban aspect, with fine old manor houses and production plants, some of which are almost two centuries old.
- 1 Assembly Hall
- 2 Fiskars Wärdshus
- 3 Granary
- 6 Copper Smithy
- 7 Cutlery Mill
- 8 Office building
- 9 Manor House
- 10 Mill
- 12 Clock Tower building
- 13 Laundry
- 14 Fire station
- 15 Workers' tenements
- 18 Suutarinmäki
- 21 Threshing house
- 23 Kardusen
- 24 Peltorivi
- 25 Cowshed
- 26 Plow workshop
- 28 Works canteen
- 29 Fiskars Museum
- 30 Machinery workshop
- 31 Foundry
- 32 Kulla
- 35 Hasselbacka
31 Foundry
Completed in 1836, the foundry had two cupola furnaces. Products of the foundry were mostly used by the ironworks and in Fiskars Village. Cogwheels and machine parts were manufactured in the foundry, but some cooking stoves, pots, pans, and other household utensils were also made for sale. In its day, a very large order was for ninety cast-iron columns and a waterwheel for the Finlayson cotton mill built in Tampere in 1837. The foundry closed in 1954.
