Store Kongensgade 62

Store Kongensgade 62 is a listed property in central Copenhagen, Denmark.

Store Kongensgade 62
General information
LocationCopenhagen, Denmark
Coordinates55°41′1.61″N 12°35′16.85″E
Completed1807

History

Origins

The site was in 1689 part of a larger property (then No. 130) owned by Hans Christoffersen Richter. In 1756, it was as No. 245 owned by councilman Abraham Falch. The property was in the new cadastre of 1806 again listed as No. 25. It was byb then owned by Justitsråd Binck's widow.

The current building was constructed in 1807 by master mason and captain in the fire corps Georg Adam Gross (c.1748-1809).

Puggaard family
Hans Puggaard painted in c. 1853

The wealthy merchant Hans Puggaard purchased the property in 1830 and owned it until his death in 1865. He lived there with his wife Bolette Puggarrd. Two of her brothers were also residents in the building at different times. Johannes Hage (1800-1837), editor of the magazine Fædrelandet, was also a resident in the building around 1836. Hother Hage (1816-1873) a National Liberal politician, lived in the building in 1839 and again in 1855. Hans and Bolette Puggaard's daughter Maria Puggaard married Orla Lehman and they lived in the building in 1863.

The military officer and later Defense Minister P. F. Steinmann (1812-1894) was also a resident in the building in 1836.

Puggaard's son Rudilph was at the time of the 1845 census still among the residents in the building. Commandant of Copenhagen Broder Peter Hagen (1868-1860) was together with his wife and an unmarried daughter also among the residents. Oyggaard's other tenants at the time of the 1845 census were cook for the Russian enboy Jean Henry Oluf Ganiel (1817-), flour merchant Johan Peter Alpers (1806-), [1]

The paper manufacturer Johan Christian Drewsen had his last home in the building in 1850-51.[2]

Architecture
The rear wing

The building consists of three storeys over a high cellar and is six bays wide. A gateway in the left side of the building opens to a narrow courtyard lined by a side wing from 1807 to the right and a rear wing from 1807 to the right.

Today

Amadeus, a café and restaurant, is based in the ground floor. VOCE, a private dining comcept, is based on the third floor.[3]

References
  1. "Folketælling - Store Kongensgade 245". danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. "Store Kongensgade 62-62a-b". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  3. "Voce". aol.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 February 2018.
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