Højbro Plads 15

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Højbro Plads 15
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General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical
LocationCopenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°40′41.74″N 12°34′49.12″E / 55.6782611°N 12.5803111°E / 55.6782611; 12.5803111Coordinates: 55°40′41.74″N 12°34′49.12″E / 55.6782611°N 12.5803111°E / 55.6782611; 12.5803111
Completed1797

Højbro Plads 15 is a Neoclassical property situated on Højbro Plads in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was like most of the other buildings in the area constructed as part of the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1950.

History[]

The site was together with that of present-day No. 17 in 1689 part of a larger property (then No. 217) owned by wine vendor (vintapper) Peter Pecken. It was then situated in the no longer existing street Store Færgestræde. In 1756, it was as No. 255 owned by merchant Albrecht Edelberg.[1]

The building were destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. The square was subsequently created as part of Peter Meyn's and Jørgen Henrich Rawert's plan for the rebuilding of the city. The current building was constructed in 1797 for restaurateur (spisevært) Johan Mortensen Eisen. The adjacent corner building at No. 256 (now Højbro Plads 13) had already been completed for him in 1796.The property was in the new cadastre of 1806 listed as No. 44. It had by then been acquired by ship captain P. Christensen.

The composer Emil Horneman (1809-1870) was a resident in the building in 1850-51.[2] With the introduction of house numbering by street in Copenhagen in 1859 (as opposed to the old cadastral lot numbering by quarter), No. 44 became Højbro Plads 15.[1]

The building (second from the right)on 13 June 1911

The property was at the time of the 1880 census home to a total of 12 people.[3] Peter Valdemar Jersild, a broker, was residing on the two flower floors with his wife, two sons, his widowed mother-in-law and a maid. One of the sons, Oluf Jersild (1867-1950), then aged 13, would grow up to become a prominent physician.[4] Christine Marie Jersild, Peter Valdemar Jersild's widowed sister-in-law, was also residing in the building with three unmarried children and a maid.One of the three children was the painter .[5]

Strandgaard, Kjær & Nannestad, a brokerage firm, was from at least 1911 until the mid 1950s based in the building. H. P. Jacobsen's flour and groats shop was in 1911 based in the basement.[6]

Architecture[]

The building consists of three storeys over a raised cellar and is five bays wide. The facade is divided horizontally by a smooth band of sandstone above the ground floor. The main entrance furthest to the left is topped by a Neoclassical hood mould made of Nexø sandstone. The stairs that lead up to the main entrance is also made of Nexø sandstone. Next to the main entrance is a cellar entrance. It is also topped by a hood mould supported by corbels. A depressed band between the central windows of the two uppers floors was originally site of a stucco frieze but now features the name of the owner (Jarberghus). The original modillioned cornice was replaced by the current one in 1886.[7]

Today[]

The property is today owned by the property company Karberghus.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Københavnske Jævnførelsesregistre 1689-2008". Selskabet for Københavns Historie (in Danish). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Højbro Plads 15". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Folketælling - 1880 - Højbroplads 15". danishfamilysearch.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Oluf Jersild" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Julius Jersild: Genealogy" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Nikolaj Kirke set fra Højbro Plads". kbhbilleder.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Sag: Højbro Plads 15". Kulturstyrelsen (in Danish). Retrieved 28 February 2021.

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