During the past 50 years Skövde has changed a lot, and this becomes very clear when you look at old photographs – sometimes it even feels as if you are in an entirely different city! A town has to change to develop, and sometimes that means that some buildings must be torn down to leave space for new ones. When it comes to Skövde, after working with this series and looking at an infinite number of old pictures, I think that way too many houses were allowed to decay and become a victim for the excavators.
Anna Warner
Wendels farm was situated at the intersection of St. Sigfrids Gata and Långgatan. It was built in the 1700’s, and on a list of the plots in Skövde from 1863, coppersmith J.W. Wendel stands as the owner of a quarter of the plot.
This photo was taken at the beginning of the 1900’s, and the house was torn down in 1910.
On the other side of the street/Långgatan there was also a coppersmith called Anders Ludvig Thorin.
1899 Carl Furhoff took over the business from Anders, and thereby the family business was founded.
Today Furhoffs is a prosperous Skövde company, specializing in stainless steel products.