The theatre Estonia's building was completed in 1913. This Art Nouveau building, designed by Finnish architects Armas Lindgren and Wivi Lönn, was the largest in Tallinn at that time. One of the building's two wings was intended for a theatre and the other for a concert hall. It has remained like this today.

Between the magnificent halls was a lower middle section, known as the White Hall, which housed a restaurant. In front of it was a pillared courtyard which had a particular effect on the building's outward appearance. At the grand opening of the Theatre and Concert Hall on August 24, 1913, the sculptor August Weizenberg donated to the theatre two beautiful marble sculptures - ""Koit"" (Dawn) and ""Hämarik"" (Dusk), which adorned the theatre's Red Hall. A year later, when the First World War broke out, a hospital was set up in the theatre and the balcony side of the concert hall housed an Orthodox church. However, as the theatre hall was not occupied, the actors continued to perform at their own expense.