Primorskoe Highway, 570L, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197720
Since 1910, the house belonged to Elena Ivanovna Lumberg, the wife of architect and civil engineer Fyodor Fyodorovich Lumberg. It is likely that the dacha was built according to a project by Fyodor Fyodorovich himself, as was the family nest – the city house at 9 Perekupnoy Street in the then capital. Lumberg was the architect of the Obukhov Steel Foundry, the VUIM playing card factory, and the Kalinkin Hospital. In total, he built 10 buildings in St. Petersburg, including his own house. But mainly – factory buildings.
As follows from advertisements placed in the newspaper Karjala in 1921 and 1924, since 1921 Lumberg has been trying to sell his villa in Terijoki. The 1921 advertisement mentions the sale of a "Large winter villa 5 km from Terijoki station on the seashore." And in 1924, a "First-class winter villa, 10 rooms, under a galvanized iron roof, on the seashore, in a picturesque location. Near Terijoki, 5 km from the railway station" is for sale. Both advertisements are signed by Lumberg.
Eventually, no later than 1927, the villa was purchased by Einar Wilhelm Kunttu (registered under his wife Maria). Einar Kunttu was the director of the Vyborg branch of one of the banks. He also owned a villa in Kuokkala near the beach. During the war in 1939, Einar Kunttu was an inspector of the Supreme Command for the entire region.
As for Lumberg, until January 2021 his fate was unknown. Also unknown were his place of residence after 1927, date of death, and place of burial. In 2015, Finnish sources reported that Lumberg died in Terijoki in 1938, but according to European privacy laws, all handwritten journals and books, including parish records, became accessible only after 100 years. Therefore, it was impossible to verify this information. However, in 2020, the National Archives of Finland, amid the global pandemic, published a series of digitized reference documents: Fyodor Fyodorovich Lumberg, civil engineer, architect, with the rank of State Councillor. Former Russian subject, died on September 13, 1938, in Terijoki, buried on September 15, 1938, in quarter 5 of the Orthodox cemetery of Terijoki.
After the war and already in Soviet times, the dacha housed a dormitory for employees of the "Northern Riviera" boarding house. Formally, the house still stands on the territory of the sanatorium, just a few meters from the public beach. And yes, it is still a residential house. It does not shine with amenities, but the surrounding area is quite well maintained and kept in some order.
Sources:
https://terijoki.spb.ru/photos/picture.php?/76630/category/1927
https://www.citywalls.ru/house22640.html
