[2] The current manor house was built at the beginning of the 20th century by German contractors in a style popular in Latvia (Dautarai is located near the Latvia–Lithuania border).

[3] In 1910, the estate was inherited by Boris von Bock, officer in the Imperial Russian Navy and a diplomat.

His wife Maria was a daughter of Russian Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin, who visited the estate in 1911.

Boris von Bock retired from the diplomatic service and decided to live in the Dautarai Manor.

The estate was eventually sold to Gražina and Antanas Juknevičiai who had started the renovation works in 2005.