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The city had been looking for a new customs house to replace the old one in
Frednes (now part of the Porsgrunn Maritime Museum), since it was considered too far away from the center of town. The location near the steamship wharf was seen as ideal, since it was very centrally located and saw a lot of
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Statsbygg ownership on 31 December 2009, when the agency bought the building for a sum of 14.6 million kroner. The agency had nine months left on the lease but felt it prudent to buy the building for the
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there, which they named "Reform." Starting a new shipyard at the time was a risky proposition, and initially their investment paid off, with six ships launched from the facility over a period of just five years. However, their luck soon ran out, and in 1853 all operations stopped entirely, the
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The customs building housed these various government offices for many years, but slowly the other tenants began to move their operations elsewhere. First to go was the
Televerket offices, which moved to a new building between Stangsgate and Skolegata where the local
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Porsgrunn City Hall across the street burned down on 9 December 1901, many of the city's services needed new office space. The police force moved temporarily to another building while the new city hall was constructed, but it was decided to move the local
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they immediately conducted extensive restoration of the building's interior. The windows and all of the interior and exterior doors were taken out and replaced with new replicas. Some of the original features, such as the elaborately detailed ceilings,
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boat traffic. In 1899, they bought a nearby plot of land with the intention of building a new customs house, but soon afterwards they got an offer to buy the old samlag building, to be renovated and furnished at the seller's expense. A 1902 report from
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Between 1949 and 1953 a small extension was built on the basement level at the back of the building, out towards the river. The
Customs Office, which had been part of the Larvik Customs District since its inception, became part of
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in the city. The movement, which objected to the samlag on moral grounds, was especially strong in
Porsgrunn due to the efforts of local resident Carl Reynolds, founder of the Norwegian chapter of the
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stood. Next went the post office, moving to the low building just north of the
Customs House, and when the district court offices left, Norwegian Customs were the only tenants left in the building.
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Customs District. In 1997, the customs office in Porsgrunn was deemed no longer necessary and closed, and the building once again lay vacant.
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retailer in Porsgrunn. The samlag was very successful, and over the 24 years that it was in operation, it raised a total of 105,000
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that separate the double windows on the first floor. The columns are marked with "Porsgrunds mek. Værksted," which was a local
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brick building, referred to colloquially as "Samlagsgården" or "Reformgården," contained three restaurants and a liquor store.
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