Nyhavn 1
Nyhavn 1 is an 18th-century property situated at the pointed corner of Nyhavn with Store Strandstræde in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1987. Notable former residents include actor and singer Peter Schram (1819-1895) . History. Store Strandstræde No. 122, 16891817. The Store Strandstræde property was by 1689 as No. 42 owned by Danish Chancery courier Peder Andersen. The building on the site was constructed before 1731. It was by 1756 as No. 122 owned by one Rasmus Steger's widow. Nyhavn No. 1, 16891776. Nyhavn 1  and Store Strandstræde 2 were originally two separate properties. The Nyhavn property was by 1689 as No. 1 in St. Ann's East Quarter (Sankt Annæ Øster Kvarter) owned by locksmith Hans Monnike. A new building was constructed in 1753 fir locksmith Peder Jørgensen Ambus. The building was in 1776 purchased by wine merchant Lars Fogh Rasmusen. He had two years earlier started his own wine business. His widow Dorethe (née Helt) was after his death in 1782 second time married to Peter Handerup (born 1746)., another wine merchant, who from then on continued the business. At the time of  the 1787 census, they resided in the building with two children from Helt's first marriage, an apprentice and two maids. In 1792, No. 1 and the associated wine business was taken over by Johan Friderich Inselmann (1753-1798). 19th century. In 1798, Inselmann sold the property and associated wine business to Niels Hansen (1769-1801). At the time of the 1801 census, Hansen resided in the building with his 21-year-old wife Bolette Kirstine Hvidberg, their 2-year-old son Anders Hvidberg Hansen, two employee's in Hansen's wine business (one of them an apprentice) and two  maids. Otto Didrich Hansen, a controller at [the Class-Lottery and possibly a relative of the proprietor, was in 1801 also living in the building with his wife Agnete Rasmussen, the 13-year-old boy Peter Martin Linck Meyer and one maid. When Niels Hansen died later the same year, Bolette Kirstine Hansen (née Hvidberg) took over the operations. In 1808, she married Frantz Diderich Jürgensen (1777-1840) to whom the company and property was then ceded in accordance with the Danish property laws of the time. In 1817, he merged Nyhavn 1 with Store Strandstræde 2. At the time  of the 1734 census, Frantz Diderich Jürgensen and Bollette Kirstine Hvidberg resided in the building with their five unmarried children (aged 13 24) and four employees. The 24-year-old son Hans Ludvig Jürgensen was active in the company. The company was taken over by their son-in-law Niels Ferdinand Lorck (1816-1844) om 194+. It was after his death in 1844 by their daughter Johanne Marie née Jürgensen with her brother Hans Ludvig Jürgensen as manager. The company was taken over by Magnus Vilhelm Foght (1831'1894) in 1857 and by George Lorange om 1887. In 1896, it  was acquired by Detlev Frederik Schnack. Royal Danish Theatre actor and chamber singer Peter Schram resided in the apartment on the second floor of Nyavn 1 from 1860 to 1875. 20th century. The Thingvalla Line and later Scandinavian America Line had their sales office in the building. The ships departed from Amerikakaj in the Freeport. For a few years, White Star Line also had a sales office at Nyhavn 1. Fourteen people, two women and 12 men, bought tickets for "RMS Titanic"'s maiden journey. The 12 men died while the two women survived its wreck. Today. Restaurant Barock is  today based in the building.