What has happened in Kulturmöllan?
About the buildings
The old grain mill in Lövestad with its side building was being demolished when I managed to save and buy the property at the last minute in 2003. It was really at the last minute. When I rushed to the mill to stop the demolition, they were in full swing and were, among other things, sawing down the roof truss. After 7 years of intensive work, the renovation was largely complete and art exhibitions and music events could begin. Before that, I had a few exhibitions in the side building. Many different events have since taken place. See all the links and pictures here on the website if you are interested. In 2022, I felt like coming up with something different and passing the baton to someone else. Let's see what happens?
The magazine building
When the railway came to the village in 1865, the majority of the population was employed in agriculture. The station community thus became a focal point in the area due to the good transport facilities. Therefore, large grain companies were quickly established in Lövestad.
Pehr Jönsson's Wholesale Trade started in the 1890s and his successors, his son Svante Pehrsson and grandson Pehr Arne Pehrsson, ran the business until 1965. In 1930, the building was built as a gas station and was later gradually converted into a grain mill. In 1965, the entire business was purchased by Lövestads Lokalförening. In 2001, the Local Association was dissolved and Svenska Lantmännen took over the operation.
The mill itself was in operation until 2001, and in 2003 it was decided to demolish both the mill and the adjacent business/office building (former elementary school).
The school building
The smaller house was built around the turn of the century 1800/1900. A few years at the beginning of the century it was a private elementary school where children from better-off families could continue their studies after elementary school.
Then a hardware and miscellaneous store moved into the premises closest to Södergatan.
It has had various owners over the years, including
J Fajersson and Pehr Jönsson Eftr,
son Svante Pehrsson who rented to J Leander.
In the late 1920s Henriksson took over, who in 1947 handed over the business to Sten Persson.
From 1958 to 1969 Ingvar Mårtensson ran his grocery store in the house. It was then moved to Storgatan 22.In the part closest to the dairy, Mårtensson's café moved in in the 1930s. It is said that the milk carts with their horses, on their way to the dairy next door, used to stop there and drink coffee. The drivers probably also took the occasional coffee cuckoo as well. It was also said that sometimes the train would let out steam, and the horses would run with the milk jugs rolling out into the street.