Borherta muiža

Borherta Manor is a wooden manor house in Riga, built in the middle of the eighteenth century. Its modest scale, landscaped surroundings, and surviving timber structure reflect the suburban estates once used by wealthy city residents.

Baroque details shape the interior: rounded door panels, waxed wooden floors, and paper wallpaper that appeared on the walls by the third quarter of the eighteenth century. At least one richly decorated baroque stove has also survived, preserving a vivid example of period craftsmanship. After the First World War, the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church acquired the manor and its land, while a school opened in the park in 1931.

The manor remains one of Riga’s three oldest surviving wooden buildings, carrying its history through wars, changing ownership, and urban development. Its surviving baroque stove offers the clearest detail of the tastes once held by the city’s former elite.