Hans Broge's House

Hans Broge's House (Danish: Hans Broges Gård) is a house and a listed building in Aarhus, Denmark. The house was built in 1850 and was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 6 September 1987.[1] The house is situated in the historic Indre by neighborhood on Mindegade close to the harbor and the Port of Aarhus.

Hans Broge's House
Hans Broges Gård
General information
Architectural styleClassicism, Empire
LocationAarhus, Denmark
Construction started1849
Completed1850
Technical details
Floor count2
Floor area492 m2 (5,300 sq ft)
Design and construction
ArchitectHans Wilhelm Schrøder

Hans Broge's House was constructed by the prominent businessman and politician Hans Broge who was active in the port expansions and emerging industrial factories at the nearby harbor front at the time. The building is in classicist style and a simplified version of empire style. It is a two-story building, which was typical in the city at the time, with cornice bands below the windows, a prominent base and shadow joints. The building material is brick with plastered facades and a tiled pitched roof. in. Architecturally the building is characterized by exact symmetrical measurements of the individual elements.[2][3]

References
  1. "Hans Broges Gård" (in Danish). Danish Heritage Agency. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  2. "Byggeskik Indre By" (in Danish). Aarhus Municipality. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. "Specifikationer" (in Danish). Danish Heritage Agency. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.

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