Gammel Strand 50

Gammel Strand 50 is a historic property overlooking Slotsholmens Kanal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.

Gammel Strand 50
General information
LocationCopenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°40′39.02″N 12°34′38.92″E
Completed1797
Design and construction
Main contractorHans Christian Ondrup

History
The building seen on an advertisement from C. Simonsens Kunst- og Stentrykkeri

Gammel Strand 50 was built as a replacement for an older building that was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It was constructed in 1796-1797 for hat maker Gudman Petersen.[1] The building was heightened with one storey in 1853.

Capelmusicus Holger Simon Paulli was a resident in the building in 1838 and the writer H. V. Kaalund (1818-1885). lived in the building around 1849.

The merchant C. W. Jøhncke lived in the building and ran his company from the premises. A clerk in the company, Hans Peder Kofod, tried to myrder him by poisoning his coffee in 1856 after committing embezzlement. He was sentenced to death at the Supreme Court but the sentence was later converted to life in prison.[1]

C. Simonsens Kunst- og Stentrykkeri was later based in the building.

Architecture

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References
  1. "Gammel Strand 50". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  2. "Sag: Gammel Strand 52" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
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