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Juhan Liivi 4 arhiivihoone

See on ülikooli esimene ühiselamu, mis ehitati 1902.–1904. aastal ja mille rajamise taga oli Vene võimude soov hoida tudengeid enam kontrolli all. Maja ei leidnud aga üliõpilaste poolehoidu: ruumid osutusid kalliks ja seepärast eelistati jätkata tubade üürimist eramajades. Vabadussõja ajal paigutati ühiselamusse õppursõdurid, teiste hulgas Pallase kunstikooli õpilane Eduard Viiralt. 1921. aastal toodi siia Eesti Riigi Keskarhiiv, ülikooli meteoroloogia kabinet ja 1926. aastal meteoroloogiaobservatoorium ehk ilmavaatlusjaam. Maailmasõdade vahelisel ajal oli see Eesti Vabariigi meteoroloogia keskasutus, kus hallati jaamade võrku ja koostati ilmaprognoose. Ilmajaam tegutses hoones kuni 1952. aastani, seejärel oli maja peamiselt arhiivihoonena kasutusel kuni 2016. aastani, mil Tartus valmis uus rahvusarhiivi hoone Nooruse tänaval. Seejärel on maja ajutise pinnana kasutanud mitu ülikooli üksust ja riigiasutust.

Vanal hoonel on rääkida üks Tartu tuntumaid kummituslugusid. Nimelt olla üks armunud neiu külastanud seal elanud noormeest, ent kui too enesele uue silmarõõmu leidis ja enam neiule ust ei avanud, hüpanud armuvalus mahajäetu end neljandalt korruselt surnuks. Mõistagi hakanud õnnetu hing seepeale koridorides kummitama. See väljenduvat sammudes ja pärast seda, kui majja kolis arhiiv, ka raamatute lehitsemises.

ENG:

Juhan Liivi 4 archive building

This was the university’s first student residence, built from 1902–1904. The reason behind it was the Soviet authorities’ desire to have more control over students. The building did not gain the support of the students, as the rooms were too expensive. As such, they continued to rent rooms in private homes. During the Estonian War of Independence, the building housed soldiers in training, including Eduard Viiralt, a student at the Pallas Art School. In 1921, the State Central Archives of Estonia and the university’s meteorology chairs were transferred here, followed by the meteorological observatory (i.e. weather station) in 1926. During the period between the World Wars, it served as the Republic of Estonia’s Central Meteorology Authority, which managed its network of stations and compiled weather forecasts from here. The weather station operated until 1952. After that, the building was mainly used as an archive until 2016, when the construction of a new building for the National Archives was completed on Nooruse Street in Tartu. Several university departments and national services have temporarily used the building since then.
The old building is linked to one of Tartu’s most famous ghost stories: it’s said that a love-struck young woman visited a young man living in the building, but when one day, he found a new sweetheart and no longer opened the door to his former lover, the young woman jumped to her death from the 4th floor. Naturally, this restless spirit began haunting the halls. Footsteps would allegedly be heard, and after the archive moved in, the pages of its books would turn of their own accord.