Badstuestræde 18

Badstuestræde
General information
Architectural style Neoclassical
Location Copenhagen
Country Denmark
Coordinates 55°40′40.09″N 12°34′32.02″E / 55.6778028°N 12.5755611°E / 55.6778028; 12.5755611Coordinates: 55°40′40.09″N 12°34′32.02″E / 55.6778028°N 12.5755611°E / 55.6778028; 12.5755611
Completed 1797

Badstuestræde 18 is a listed Neoclassical property inBadstuestræde in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

The building was constructed for brewer Peter Møller in 1796-1797. The previous building at the site had been destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795.

One of the first tenants in the building was the priest Christian Bastholm (1740-1819). Royal actor Peter Jørgen Frydendahl (1766-1836) was a resident in the period 1811-1813.[1]

Second ballet master at the Royal Danish Theatre Carl Dahlén and the actress [[Carl Dahlén]] lived on the first floor in the early 1820s. Carl Dahlén accepted a young Hans Christian Andersen as a ballet student in 1821. Andersen often visited his home in Badstuestræde.[2]

Supreme Court aternity Gustav Edvard Brock (1816-1878) lived in the building in the period 1849 to 1856. He served as public prosecutor in the impeachment against the Cabinet of Ørsted-Bluhme while he lived in the building.

Carl Seifert, a manufacturer of armed doors and gates, owned the building in around 1940. The company is now based in Ballerup. Erik Myrdahls Bogtrykkeri, a printing business, was based in the building in 1935-1982.

Architecture

The building was probably designed by a pupil of Caspar Frederik Harsdorff. The facade is decorated with six Ionic pilasters.

Today

The building was converted into 16 apartments by Gottlieb & Paludan Arkitekter in 2007.

References

  1. ↑ "Badstuestræde 18". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Jan Gralle. "Walking in Hans Christian Andersen's Copenhagen". Frydenlund. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
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