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This text is an attempt to draw attention to the records related to rural and suburban housing construction in the 19. and early 20. c. that can be found in archival fonds containing businesses and estate papers. The records preserved in the Central Archives of Historical Records in Warsaw, fond The Wilanów Economic Archives, section XX "Office of the Wilanów estate’s governor” were analyzed as an example. The fond contains cartographic records, documentation of construction and repair as well as lists and descriptions of buildings located in the Wilanow estate. This main subject of the article was preceded by a brief characterization of tasks and responsibilities of governors goods.