The villa was built at the request of August Karpiński, following the design of Gdańsk architect Paul Renzel. It was a two-story, neoclassical house featuring distinctive architectural elements such as a viewing loggia on the upper floor, a two-winged risalit, and a side tower crowned with a pointed spire and lantern. In 1909, an annex was constructed next to the villa, also designed by Renzel. In 1912, Karpiński sold the villa, then known as Villa Martha, to Ignatz Paul Schröder from Sopot. The new owner commissioned architect Fr. Jödicke to renovate the annex, transforming it into the Ipsiana Cigarette Factory. In 1919, the estate was purchased by Witold Kukowski, a lawyer and economist. Kukowski oversaw the renovation of the entrance on the southern and eastern sides and modified the tower’s top, assigning the work to Gdańsk architect W. Harnau. After 1926, the villa came into the possession of Saturnin Edward Doering, a marzipan and cocoa manufacturer, who operated part of his business there until the 1930s.