▁house ▁buildings ▁given ▁to ▁Ele ja ▁municipality . ▁Med ems ▁were ▁left ▁with ▁ 5 0 ▁ha ▁of ▁land ▁and ▁a ▁servant ' s ▁house , ▁which ▁they ▁soon ▁sold . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁remaining ▁buildings ▁were ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁school ▁and ▁theatre . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 2 0 s ▁there ▁were ▁some ▁ideas ▁about ▁rest oring ▁the ▁man or ▁house , ▁but ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁finan cially ▁un fe as ible . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁Ele ja ▁municipality ▁had ▁plans ▁to ▁restore ▁the ▁man or ▁house , ▁but ▁soon ▁changed ▁its ▁mind ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁started ▁to ▁demol ish ▁it . ▁To ▁prevent ▁this , ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁Ele ja ▁man or ▁house ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁state ▁protected ▁monuments . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁on set ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁De pression ▁neither ▁municipality ▁nor ▁the ▁state ▁had ▁money ▁for ▁renov ations ▁and ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 9 3 3 ▁state ▁allowed ▁municipality ▁to ▁proceed ▁with ▁the ▁demol ition , ▁however , ▁not ▁much ▁was ▁done ▁besides ▁reducing ▁the ▁bre wer y ▁building ▁from ▁ 5 ▁flo ors ▁to ▁two ▁and ▁using ▁the ▁br icks ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁community ▁center ▁building . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁Ele ja ▁man or ▁house ▁once ▁again ▁was ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁list ▁of ▁State ▁protected ▁monuments , ▁but ▁nothing ▁was ▁done ▁to ▁protect ▁or ▁con serve ▁the ▁ru ins ▁and