Aschanska Villa

Aschanska Villa

Aschanska Villa
General information
Status Listed buildings in Sweden
Type Villa
Architectural style Victorian
Town or city Umeå
Country Sweden
Coordinates 63°49′26″N 20°15′51″E / 63.82385°N 20.26425°ECoordinates: 63°49′26″N 20°15′51″E / 63.82385°N 20.26425°E
Completed 1906
Design and construction
Architect Ragnar Östberg

Aschanska Villa is a listed building in Umeå in northern Sweden. The villa was designed by the architect Ragnar Östberg and it was completed in 1906 for Colonel Wilhelm Aschan who led the Norrlands dragonregemente. Today the building is a restaurant.

The building

The villa was designed by the architect Ragnar Östberg and it was complete in 1906 for Colonel Wilhelm Aschan who led the local dragoons.[1] Östberg designed a number of buildings in Umeå although he is known for building the Town Hall in Stockholm. Today the villa is used as a restaurant.

The wooden villa is designed in the National Romantic style similar to Scharinska Villa which had been built locally by the same architect the year before. The villa stands on a stone foundation and plinth.

The building has been listed since the 1980s. Östberg created one more building in Umea and this was a theatre. Unfortunately the theatre was built of timber and it burnt to the ground in 1913.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Aschanska villan, umea.se, retrieved 4 May 2014