13. Hauptstrasse 23 and 25: oldest standing farmhouse in Baselland

13. Hauptstrasse 23 and 25: oldest standing farmhouse in Baselland

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Photo: Hanspeter Meier, 2021.

Map of the State Archives of Baselland.

Photo: R. Auer-Bielser, E. Bielser.

Note the two enclosed gardens, house still without electricity. Photo: R. Auer-Bielser, E. Bielser.

Without date.Photo: R. Auer-Bielser, E. Bielser.

Photo: Theodor Strübin, Archeology and Museum Baselland, CC BY-SA 4.0.

On the right in the picture the houses No. 23 and No. 25, in the center of the picture the houses No. 27, No. 29 and No. 31. Photo: Heimatkunde Muttenz, 2009, Barbara Sorg.

Rear view (flight photo) 1956 with address

Photo: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv/Stiftung Luftbild Schweiz / Photograf: Friedli, Werner / LBS_H1-019265 / CC BY-SA 4.0

The dark wood of the southernmost level is partially preserved up to the ridge. The battens of the roof from 1471/73 can also be detected. Photo: Archaeology Baselland, annual report 2018.

Interior wooden plank wall on the first floor

Erected 1511–1515. Looking east towards the street. Photo: Archaeology Baselland, annual report 2018.

Remains of a stove that has been rebuilt several times

It is inserted in the wall niche of a late medieval tiled stove (arrow). Photo: Archaeology Baselland, annual report 2018.

The construction of the farmhouse from the late Middle Ages is visible. Graphics: Baselland Archaeology, design by Lukas Richner, annual report 2018.

Graphics: Baselland Archaeology, design by Lukas Richner, annual report 2018.

View from behind. Photo: Hanspeter Meier.

House No. 23 is the oldest documented part of the building, a medieval stone building dating from before 1471. Its original use is unknown.
Property No. 25 was built on after two fires. The oak wood required for this building was felled around 1471. The construction parts were integrated in 2018 and will remain so. Around 1515 clay walls were first replaced by stone walls on the ground floor, followed in 1577 by the ‹petrification› of the upper floor. Around 1700 the building was divided into two properties: the house at Hauptstrasse No. 23, which dates back to the medieval stone building, and house No. 25. From then on, the former was used purely as a residential building, the latter as a farmhouse until recently.