The history of the Kumpula manor goes back to the 15th century. The Baron Johan Gabriel von Bonsdorff bought the manor in 1840. To replace the old wooden main building he had built a two-storey stone building in the late classical style. By 19th-century standards, the manor was a large farming estate; Bonsdorff organised an agricultural show there in 1858. He was interested in the old Finnish livestock, which he succeeded in breeding.
     The Kumpula manor was bought in 1885 by Baron Herman Standertskiöld-Nordenstam. He began renting plots from the grounds and these were to become the suburbs of Hermanni and Toukola. Kumpula was annexed

to Helsinki in 1906 and the manorhouse itself became a hospital. Nowadays the manor is owned by the University of Helsinki. There is a rose garden in front of the manorhouse, which includes certain old varieties of rose.
     In the late-19th century a landscape park was developed on the west side of the manorhouse. The park was located on what is now the site of the University Botanical gardens. Every year on 13 May the University students celebrate the arrival of spring on the Kumpula fields. The Finnish national anthem was first sung in the spring celebration of 1848.