"Kirkestue, Karlsøya" (3 of 6)
Description
Kvitnesstua's windows are relatively small and in the rococo style which typically has a casement on each side of a mullion. Here each casement has six window panes. Such small panes and casements were most common before 1850.
Dendrochronological tests indicate that the building dates from 1782-83. Using this method the growth rings from the building's timber are compared with growth rates in forests and thereby we can then fairly accurately estimate when the timber was cut. Kvitnesstua is thought to first have been built in Oldervik in the municipality of Tromsø. If this is the case, its first owner would have been the major landowner Georg Wasmuth. The building was moved to Karlsøy as part of a dowry in around 1825. The new owners, the Figenschou family who lived at the trading post Kvitnes on Vannøy, made it their "kirkestue".
Dendrochronological tests indicate that the building dates from 1782-83. Using this method the growth rings from the building's timber are compared with growth rates in forests and thereby we can then fairly accurately estimate when the timber was cut. Kvitnesstua is thought to first have been built in Oldervik in the municipality of Tromsø. If this is the case, its first owner would have been the major landowner Georg Wasmuth. The building was moved to Karlsøy as part of a dowry in around 1825. The new owners, the Figenschou family who lived at the trading post Kvitnes on Vannøy, made it their "kirkestue".
