Stora Gårda manor in Göteborg

Stora Gårda, a herrgård in Örgryte, can trace its roots back to 1550. From that year, the residents and workers were called skattebönder (tax farmers). Nils Börjesson, the first mayor of Göteborg, acquired the farm in 1633 from the heirs of the last skattebond.

When Nils Börjesson was bestowed the title of Drakenberg in 1647, the farm became a herrgård. The eastern wing was built in 1756, and in the 1830s, a smaller cellar was added. Veranda and staircase were built in the 1880s, and the bay window on the southern side was constructed by city engineer Albert Lilienberg in 1922.

The nearby Egmontsgatan was named after the city broker Petter von Egmont, who lived at Stora Gårda in the early 1700s. During the 1850s and 1860s, the farm was owned by the industrialist Carl David Lundström. When Stora Gårda was owned by Ingrid Wallberg, the first female architect, it was visited by Le Corbusier in 1936.

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