[6] Verners Vitands was born in the family of miller in 1903 in Lizums Parish, then part of the Governorate of Livonia in the Russian Empire.

In 1931 the modern three stories army barracks of the Latgale Artillery Regiment in Krustpils were built as designed by V.

[9] In 1933 Verners Vitands in his capacity as private architect created project of a modern single family home.

[10] Like his big, government sponsored projects this single family home also was an example of modernist trends of functionalism and harmony with surroundings.

[12] He was one of three architects invited by Latvian Society[13] to participate in a building design competition and his project won the contest.

[14][1] Presently building design characterised as "monumentalism characteristic of authoritarian period of the Republic of Latvia".