Jaunmokas Manor

Jaunmokas Manor
General information
Architectural style Neo-Gothic
Town or city Tukums municipality
Country Latvia
Completed 1901
Client George Armitstead
Design and construction
Architect Wilhelm Bockslaff


Jaunmokas Manor (Latvian: Jaunmoku muižas pils; German: Schloss Neu-Mocken) is a manor house in the historical region of Zemgale, in Latvia. Since 1991 the building has housed a woods and forestry museum, exhibiting the respective techniques and the history of forestry in the country.[1]

History

The Neo-Gothic style structure was design by architect Wilhelm Ludwig Nicholas Bockslaff,[2] and built in 1901 as a hunting lodge for Mayor of Riga George Armitstead.[3]

See also

References

  1. Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. "Jaunmokas Manor". Latvijas Piļu un Muižu asociācija. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  2. Zarāns, Alberts (2006). Latvijas pilis un muižas. Castles and manors of Latvia (in Latvian, English). Riga. ISBN 9984-785-05-X. OCLC 72358861.
  3. Jonathan Bousfield (1 May 2004). Baltic States. Rough Guides. p. 243. ISBN 978-1-85828-840-6. Retrieved 29 August 2012.

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