page_title: Titken House
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Titken House / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Titkens Gård at Bredgade 60 in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: The Titken House is a listed property situated at the corner of Bredgade and Fredericiagade in the Frederiksstaden district of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
context_section_description: The site was acquired by the wealthy grocer Niels Titken in 1754. The building was constructed in 1754-1756. It has been suggested that the architect was Lauritz de Thurah since he has signed an estimate of needed materials but this has been questioned (see below). Titken's grocery store was originally located in the cellar with entrance from Fredericiagade.
  The building was expanded with the construction of Fredericiagade 18 in 1935. The navel officer and shipbuilder Henrik Gerner (1741-1787) had lived the last years of his life at the site (Fredericiagade 18) from 1784 to 1787. Nearby Gernersgade is named after him. Another navel officer, Jost van Dockum (1753-1834), had lived at the same address in 1784-1797. He would later be in charge of the Orævestenen Battery during the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807. Fredericiagade 18 was rebuilt in 1835. The officer and politician  Peter Frederik Steinmann (1812-1894 lived at Fredericiagade 18 in 1853–54. He would later serve as Minister of Defence in 1874–75.
  The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency in 1918.
caption: The Titken House in the late 19th century
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