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Domus Litonii (Latin for "the Litonius house") is a three-story Empire style residential, commercial and office building with a lower bazaar wing located at Aleksanterinkatu 50 in central Helsinki, Finland.[citation needed]
The building was designed by the master builder Gustaf Leander and it was built from 1845 to 1847. Garden wings were added in 1877 and 1880, and a lower bazaar wing designed by the architect Valter Jung was added on the Keskuskatu side in 1929. The facade on Aleksanterinkatu was modernised in 1936.[1][2]
The building was commissioned by the master draper and furniture manufacturer Jonas Litonius (1810 - 1864), and the Litonius family continues to own and live in the building to this day.[3][4] The building is the only remaining 19th century residential building in the entire centre of Helsinki.[2]
The building is protected by construction law, and it has undergone basic repairs from 1993 to 2003.[1][3]
- ^ a b Litoniuksen talo elää jatkuvassa muutoksessa (Archived 2016) Rakennusperintö.fi 20 July 2009.
- ^ a b Kulttuuriympäristön palveluikkuna: Domus Litonii
- ^ a b Järvenpää, Eeva: Keskuskatu kaivettiin Gasellin jättikorttelin läpi Hakasalmenkadun jatkeeksi, Helsingin Sanomat 27 May 2006.
- ^ Järvenpää, Eeva: Kuusi sukupolvea samassa kodissa keskellä Helsinkiä, Helsingin Sanomat 27 May 2006.