It is the most distinguished building in Uus Street. Though the frame of the ornate portal displays the date '1751', the house is considerably loder, Uus Street was the first street built behind the defence wall. According to the original design of the building, it is likely that the basement and the ground floor of the present building date back to the Swedish rule in Estonia during the second half of the 17th century. In the very heart of the house there is a chimney, which occupies a large part of the internal space and which looks like a huge stone bottle. It has an ashlar with the date '1744', probably marking the reconstruction after the Great Northern War when the house was transformed into a one family dwelling house. Three escutcheons situated above the portal bearing coats of arms with initials in the middle attract one's attention. They belonged to big merchants and noble townspeople who used the building for sorting of the flax and hemp. The anchor is the emblem of the Gernet merchant family. Wilhelm Hinrich Gernet led the business, his partner was the trading company 'Adolph Oom & Söhne'. The emblem of the Oom family bears curious symbols: a heart with horns. The lion shaped coat of arms with initials 'HE' on the right side of the door belonged to Hans Jacob Eggers, the elder of the Great Guild. He was also the first tenant of this flax and hemp sorting building after the business had come into the possession of the town. He lived here and also used the building as his office. In 1876, a school was founded in the building. In 1944, the building was significantly damaged by the bombardment of the Soviet Army. After its repairs in 1949, it was re-designed as a school again. Broader restoration works were carried out from 1988 until 1991, they were projected by the Estonian architect I. Kannelmäe. After that, the Estonian Hunters' Society settled here. This baroque house and architectural monument belongs to the building complex, where the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Estonia have been located since 1995.

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