The Heikku’s House, located at Brahenkatu street 2, is situated next to Myhrberg Park. The statue of August Maximilian Myhrberg was unveiled on October 6, 1931. Raahe's first square was named Myhrberg Park at that time.
The portrait of the freedom fighter August Maximilian Myhrberg was sculpted by the artist Evert Porila. It was unveiled on October 6, 1931, in front of Myhrberg's birthplace. The location of Raahe's first market square was named after him.
The plaque on the wall of the Sovelius House indicates that August Maximilian Myhrberg was born in this house at Rantakatu street 36. The Heikku’s House, located at Brahenkatu street 2, is also situated near Myhrberg Park.
August’s father, Customs officer Anders Gustav Myrberg arrived in Raahe in 1791. He found a rental residence close to the square in Isac Berg's house. On the other side of the street stood the splendid house of shipowner Matts Sovelius (1726-1795), on Rantakatu street 36.
The summer wedding of Christina Sovelius and Anders Myrberg in 1792 was a grand event in Raahe. The wedding was celebrated at the bride's home in the Sovelius House.
August Maximilian was born on July 24, 1797. The king appointed Anders Myrberg as the customs chief of Oulu and Tornio in 1799. The family remained in Raahe.
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