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The tall building at R\u012bgas Street 12 stands as a quiet witness to history right in the heart of C\u0113sis, holding stories that begin in the late 18th century. The plot first appears in 1787 (survey year) and in the 1815 C\u0113sis city plan (map publication year) with land registry number 21. At that time, the property with a wooden residential house belonged to homeowner and master shoemaker Fridrihs V\u012bners, who got it as a dowry when he married Anna Marija Vogts, born Hercogs. Anna’s first husband \u2013 P\u0113teris Heinrihs Vogts \u2013 had bought this property on May 31, 1777, from councilor Valters Ernsts Hassing and built a wooden residential house on it. <\/p>\n

After several ownership changes, on October 26, 1818, the plot was purchased for 750 silver rubles by C\u0113sis homeowner and master tailor Johans Kristians Fri\u0161s. The three-story brick building we see today was built in the late 19th century under contractor J\u0101nis Me\u0146\u0123e\u013cis, replacing the original wooden building. It was built as property for someone named Strikers. In the 1920s-30s, the house belonged to Vilhelms Trampedahs, who lived at R\u012bgas Street 30 himself but rented this building to various businesses. During this time, all sorts of businesses operated here: A. Velmers’ tin workshop, P. Bielovs’ clothing and accessories store, A. Derums and P. Bielovs’ shoe store, M. Tankels’ textile shop. 1932. In 1932, A. Bensons’ bakery and confectionery opened, but the next year it became M. Vogts’ candy shop from the famous Riga factory L. V. G\u0113gingers (L. W. Goegginger). In the fourth apartment of the house, insurance agent A. Bremsens received visitors, representing the joint stock company “R\u012bgas Unions.” <\/p>\n

One of the most respected C\u0113sis residents of that time also lived in the building \u2013 80-year-old K\u0101rlis Martinsons, who suddenly passed away on November 5, 1936. Since no one claimed his inheritance, his refined belongings \u2013 a small concert grand piano from Beker company, oak furniture, and a sealskin coat \u2013 were sold at public auction three months later. <\/p>\n

After World War II, just three weeks after the German army left, a bookstore opened at this address on October 19, 1944. Initially it mainly sold office supplies to students, since publishers hadn’t resumed operations yet. Ink was brought from Riga in large containers and poured into smaller bottles on site. The bookstore operated here until 1958, then the building housed a Consumer Services Complex photo studio for a long time, and in the early 1990s \u2013 J. \u0160mits’ photo studio. <\/p>\n

As time passed, the building’s functions changed, but it regained special liveliness in 2010 when the sweet aroma returned \u2013 caf\u00e9 and confectionery shop “Vinetas un Allas k\u0101ruml\u0101de” opened. It caught attention with its bright shop windows and awnings, reminiscent of the time when similar decorations adorned the house in the early 20th century. <\/p>\n

Special attention should be paid to the gatehouse or entrance hall on the right side of the building. From a modest goods unloading area, it became a creative and attractive designer clothing salon. 90. In the 90s it served as J. \u0160mits’ document photo archive, later as one of the most popular video rental shops in the city at the time, run by someone named O\u013cegs. In later years, this space was used as a Lutheran congregation warehouse. Until finally in 2016, entrepreneur Inese Ose, receiving a 3,000 euro grant from C\u0113sis Municipality’s “Dari C\u0113s\u012bm” competition, transformed this place into children’s designer clothing salon “Tili,” preserving its historical charm and giving it new life. <\/p>\n

The materials used for the description are:
\n<\/em>Dace Cepur\u012bte, Mg. hist., Research \u201cA C\u0113sis Native and His House<\/a>\u201d
\nCollections of the Cesis Museum and Cesis central library.
\nP\u0113rle Blanka and Inese Os\u012bte’s presentation “Horse entrances that are becoming public spaces in C\u0113sis”
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