Jõelähtme Post Station (18th cent.)
There was a tavern-post station by the old Tallinn-Narva road as early as the 17th century. In 1712, a post station for community couriers was founded at the local tavern.
In 1715, the construction of a new
wooden building with a mantle-type chimney began. That building was
replaced by a stone one at the end of the 18th century. By that time
post stations were built according to the type drafts used all over
Russia. In Jõelähtme a building of the so-called
Ruunavere type was built between 1822 and 1824 and was preserved up
until now. At the same time, a stable and a smithy were built behind
the main building. Since then these buildings have been used for
several purposes. During the second half of the 19th century
they,became the property of the Jõelähtme Manor. In 1920
they were used as a rural municipality building that later gave its
functions over to the village council. The traditions of post
stations were kept alive by a small post office that, in 1995, moved
to the dairy building next to the tavern. Presently the tavern
building continues to serve as the Jõelähtme community
house. In 1996, extensive renovation took place there.
