Nikolai Tamm
Nikolai Ludwig Jakob Thamm (also Tamm; June 12, 1867 – December 21, 1948) was an Estonian architect.
Also recorded as Nikolai Thamm Jr.
Nikolai Tamm
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- Name
- Nikolai Thamm Jr.
- Birth Name
- Nikolai Ludwig Jakob Thamm
- Born
- 12 June 1867
- Birthplace
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Died
- 21 December 1948
- Place of death
- Aschersleben, Germany
- Occupation
- Architect
- Nationality
- Estonia
- Education
- Imperial Academy of Arts
- Honours
- Order of Saint Anna and 3rd class
- Languages
- Estonian · German
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Nikolai Ludwig Jakob Thamm (also Tamm; June 12, 1867 – December 21, 1948) was an Estonian architect.
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Nikolai Tamm (1867–1948) was an Estonian architect. Born in Saint Petersburg, the architect died in Aschersleben. Nikolai Tamm studied at Imperial Academy of Arts.
Languages used include Estonian and German. The architect received Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class.
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• Name — Nikolai Thamm Jr. • Birth Name — Nikolai Ludwig Jakob Thamm • Born — 12 June 1867 • Birthplace — Saint Petersburg, Russia • Died — 21 December 1948 • Place of death — Aschersleben, Germany • Occupation — Architect • Father — Nikolai Thamm Sr.
Early life and education
Early life and education
Nikolai Thamm Jr. was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the son of the architect Nikolai Thamm Sr. (1834–1907) and Maria Helene Thamm (née Oelcker, 1841–1894). In 1887 he graduated from Reval Peter the Great Science High School (now Tallinn Secondary School of Science) and in 1895 from the Higher Art School at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts.
Career
Career
From 1895 to 1907, Thamm worked as a junior engineer in the construction department of the Estonian provincial government and also as a teacher at Peter the Great Science High School. From 1917 to 1919 he worked in Russia, and from 1921 to 1927 he worked as an architect in the construction and apartment department of the Ministry of Defense in Tallinn.
Works
Works
• 1896–1900: assistant to Mikhail Preobrazhensky in construction of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Tallinn • 1901: Harjumägi Concert Hall in Tallinn (destroyed) • 1901–1902: supervised construction work on the Russalka Memorial on Kadriorg Beach in Tallinn • 1903: Residential building at Narva maantee (Tallinn) 28 in Tallinn • 1907: Residential building at Võrgu tänav 6 in Tallinn • 1909: Green Market Chapel at Pikk tänav 34A in Tallinn (with Nikolai Kheraskov) • 1924: Naval crew barracks at Kopli tänav 76 in Tallinn • 1931: Tallinn Old Believers Chapel extension at Kibuvitsa tänav 6 in Tallinn • 1932: Residential building at August Weizenbergi tänav 8 in Tallinn • 1934: Rakvere Catholic Church on Võidu tänav (Rakvere) in Rakvere (demolished in 1973) • 1938: Kodasema Catholic Center in Järva County • Illustration — Residential building at Narva maantee (Tallinn) 28 in Tallinn • Illustration — Former district administration building at Niine tänav 2 in Tallinn • Illustration — Green Market Chapel at Pikk tänav 34A in Tallinn • Illustration — Tallinn Old Believers Chapel extension at Kibuvitsa tänav 6 in Tallinn
Official rank
Official rank
• 1913: State councillor
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Tallinn, elamu A.Weizenbergi 8, 1932
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Tallinn, elamu Narva mnt 28, 1903
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Aschersleben.
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Awards and recognitions
• 1903: Order of Saint Anna, third class
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- 1.Eller, Mart-Ivo. Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon. Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus. 522. 1996.
- 2.Pullat, Raimo. Auf der Suche nach der eigenen Alma Mater Ingenieure und Architekten aus Estland, die vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg an Technischen Universitäten. KIT Scientific Publishing, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. 91. 2022.
- 3.Rosenberg, Tiit. 1877. aasta linnaomavalitsuse reform ja Tallinna baltisaksa linnapead 1878–1918. Õpetatud Eesti Seltsi aastaraamat. 2016. 66. December 2017.
- 4.Vanausuliste palvela 90. Linnaleht. 8. October 16, 2020.
- 5.Kibuvitsa vanausuliste palvelas käivad taastamistööd. Kristiine Leht. 6. 5. June 15, 2018.
- 6.Esimene katoliku klooster Järvamaale. Esmaspäev. December 24, 1938. 14. 52. 4.
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