The sc. "Sixtus Chapel" is a borderline case in this category, since it was never actually meant for overnighting - in other words it was not really a house. This peculiar and totally deserted place was once a kind of private spa. It was built by workers of Sahanterä Oy during the economic recession of 1930's, when the sawblade factory couldn't offer real work for all it's labour. Developer was the manager of the factory, mr. Sixtus Syrjänen. He wanted to keep the men employed, and building the bathing place to a pit near the factory was a project that kept tens of men busy for a long period.

The place consisted of a pond with small island in the center, an arc bridge to the island, a "semi-villa" and ornamental and castle-like fencing and a gate. Most structures were of steel and concrete. WWII among other things messed the manager's plans, so that he couldn't enjoy the finished leisure place for very long. It was left useless, the structures decayed slowly, until they got into state where they are today. Or were, since the dangerous conditioned concrete ruins might be demolished in near future.

The photos are very self-explaining, and since there isn't too much more to mention about the place, we've tried out an alternative layout on the photo pages.