The project to modernize the manor house was implemented by Theodore Zeiler, a Kurzeme architect.

At the beginning of 1919, during the Bolshevik revolution, the Cēre Parish Executive Committee was operating in the manor house.

Manor owner baron Adam von Knigge [3][4] had to flee to escape arrest.

[2] During the agrarian reform in Latvia in 1920s, the land of the manor was nationalized and divided into smaller farms.

In the center of the manor there was also a post office and a telephone exchange, Cēre dairy company "Spēks (Power)" and Small farmers' promotion cooperative "Palīgs (Helper)".