Store Kongensgade 79 is a property on Store Kongensgade, opposite Frederik's Church, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1964.

History

17th and 18th centuries

The site is located in the area known as New Copenhagen, which was not incorporated into the fortified city until the 1670s. The site was initially part of a larger property. The site was listed as No. 65 in 1756 and owned by one  Scheel.

The writer, politician and publisher Edvard Brandes resided on the third floor from 1793 to 1896. The politician Tyge Rothe (1877–1970) was a resident on the third floor from 1900 to 1904.

19th century
The property was later merged with the adjacent No. 64 by  and used for the construction of a sugar refinery. The property was listed as No. 64 in the new cadastre of 1806.

In the early 1720s, the property was acquired by sugar manufacturer Christoph Hedemann (born 1780). In 1722, he constructed the current buildings at the site.

In 1844, No. 64 was formally divided into No. 64A (Store Kongensgade 66) and No. 64B (now Store Kongensgade 79) while two strips of land at the bottom of the property were transferred to No. 140 and No. 146 on the other side of the block as No. 64C and No. 64D.

Christoph Hedemann and his wife Clara Sophie (née Gosch) resided in the two lower floor (ground floor and first floor) apartments. At the time of the 1840 census, they lived there with the wife's nephew and niece (aged 16 and 21) and 13 employees and servants. Josias Feddersen, the king's cabinet secretary, resided on the third floor with his wife Vibecke Birgitte Feddersen née Krey, their eight children (aged nine to 23), 23-year-old Charlotte Christine Henriette Carstens and two maids. August Frederik Howitz, another high-ranking civil servant (, Ridder af Dannebrog, ), resided on the third floor with his wife Mariane (née Holmer), his niece Severine Louise Johanne Caroline Howitz and one maid.

By 1845, Clara Sophie Hedemann (née Gøsch), who had now become a widow, resided on the ground floor with her 21-year-old foster daughter Laura Clara Sophie Gade and two maids. Bernhard Rathgen, a civil servant in the Schleswig Holstein Lauenburg Cancellie, resided on the first floor with his wife Cornelia Rathgen née Niebuhr, their two children (aged one and three), a male servant and two maids. Andreas Heinrich Feddersen, 2nd Customs Inspector in Copenhagen, resided on the second floor with his wife Ane Magrethe Caspersen, their four children (aged 21 to 30), a housekeeper () and two maids. August Friedrich Howitz, another high-ranking customs official (), resided on the third floor with his wife Mariane Howitz (née Holmer), their lodger Christian Gottfred Wilhelm, a male servant and a maid. Mads Hansen, the building's concierge, resided in the basement with his wife Karen Hansen and their five children (aged 12 to 18).

20th century
The wine company Waagepetersen's Efterfølgere was based in the building from at least 1910 to 1950.

The first to fourth floor was operated as a boarding home by 1942. In 1964, it was converted into a hotel. In 1984, it was converted into offices and meeting rooms.

Architecture
The building consists of four storeys over a raised cellar and is five bays wide. The ground storey is dressed with plaster rustication topped by a stucco frieze. The three upper floors stand in red-painted masonry with extruded "Hamburg joint". The outer windows on the first floor are topped by triangular pediments supported by corbels.  One long sill spans the three central windows on the second floor. The facade is finished by a dentillated cornice at the top. The tile roof is penetrated by three chimneys and features three dormer windows towards the street. The gate is topped by a fanlight and the interior walls of the gateway features four round relief medaillons, two on each side. A rear wing and a warehouse in the courtyard were both constructed in 1880.

Today
The building contains eight condominiums ranging in size from 67 to 161 square metres.

See also
 Christian Hedemann

References

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Listed residential buildings in Copenhagen
Neoclassical architecture in Denmark
Residential buildings completed in 1833
1833 establishments in Denmark