Overgaden Oven Vandet 54–56
listed building in Copenhagen
Overgaden oven Vandet 54–56 is a complex of Late Neoclassical buildings situated at the corner of Overgaden Oven Vandet and Bådsmandsstræde, adjacent to Søkvæsthuset, in the Christianshavn neighborhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The two buildings originate in a two-storey bourgeois townhouse from the first half of the 18th century but were both heightened to five storeys by silk hat manufacturer and developer H.P. Lorentzen in the 1840s. The two buildings were individually listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945.
History
17th and early 18th century
The site was originally part of a large lot owned by the crown. In 1641, it was ceded to Peder Gregersen. The property was listed as No. 96 in Christianshavn Quarter in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 and was at that time owned by Hans Nansen the Younger (1635-1713). He was active in trade in Iceland. On 27 December 1670, he was appointed as member of Kommercekollegiet. In 1671, he was also appointed as a member of Admiralitetskollegiet.
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