Noliškis manor
The manor is located 2.5km of Spitrėnai, on the right side of the highway Utena-Zarasai. Earlier it belonged to Utena, later to Spitrėnai parish, now to Daugailiai neighborhood. The location was mentioned in the documents of the Crusaders’ Order. In 1298 it was owned by the dukes Giedraičiai. Later the manor was assigned to Utena and called Strutinskiai manor. In 1807 there was a chapel. In 1849 the manor went under Kuchcinskis ownership, who, in 1850, left it by testament to Antanas Hopė. In 1853 there lived 15 people. In 1854 the steward Leopoldas Buterlevičius sold the manor to Konstantinas Mingelevičius. The latter divided the wealth of the manor to his descendants who, in 1879, sold about 440ha of land to peasants. About 70ha of land and 40ha of forest were purchased by the Katinai family. The location was called Ampolis homestead, sometimes estate. In 1889, 136 tithes of land were owned by Stanislovas Mingelevičius (Markovičius). At that time the center of the manor was bought by Stanislovas Žulys (72 tithes of land) with a relative Justinas Žilėnas (68 tithes of land). In 1897 there lived 7 families (40 people).
In 1930 K. Žulys married Elena Gineitytė. Thanks to the Žuliai efforts, during the years of independence the manor became very modern. There were two dwelling houses, three barns, two threshing-floor barns, a granary and two more buildings. The main building was covered with red and white tiles. That roof made the house visible from far away. In the manor there was a motor mill, well-equipped dairy with a milk separator, an icehouse. Dairy products reached even Kaunas where K. Žulys possessed several dairy products shops. Bacons were exported to England. The Žuliai possessed quite a lot of agricultural machinery. Around 1937 there was a fire during which the barns with most animals burnt down; however, within two years everything was rebuilt and the manor flourished again. The environment of the manor was tidy and beautiful.
There was a culture center. The youth gathered in outings (“gegužinės”) organized by the manor. In 1941 the Žuliai family was exiled to Siberia.
