Ording House
The Ording House is a listed property fronting the small square Vandkunsten in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. History. The building was constructed as a brewery in 1802–03 for Carl Henrik Ording. Ording was originally a horse trader but had also owned Bakkehuset in Valby from 1777 to 1784. He constructed the inn at the corner of Vesterbrogade and Pile Allé in 1780-82. He had purchased a piece of land in the area between Værnedamsvej, Frederiksberg Allé and Gammel Kongevej in 1783 and constructed the country houses ( 8, now No. 12-22) and (later Sankt Thomas ) on it the following year. He later sold most of the land off in lots. Carl Wilhelm Jessen (1764-1823), a naval officer who reached the rank of counter admiral, resided in one of the apartments from 1817 to 1819. At the time of the 1840 census, No. 150 B was home to four households. M. M. Funch, widow of a "justitsråd", resided on the ground floor with a housejeeper ("husjomfru") and a maid. Herman Kierulf (1784-1845), a civil servant and publisher, resided on the first floor with his wife Vilhelmine Kjerulff (née Rahnue), two sons (aged 25 and  28) and one maid. Knudsen, a "kanvelliråd", resided on the second floor with his wife Cathrine Knudsen (née Lund) and one maid. P. Monstrup, a grocer ("høker"), resided in the basement with his Maren Monstrup født Bjerring and one lodger. Architecture. The building stands in blank, red brick and consists of three stories over a high cellar. The building has four bays on , a chamfered corner bay and three bays on . A gateway opens to a courtyard that it shares with the rest of the block. Memorial plaque. A memorial plaque and a relief of Frederick III on the corner  commemorate the Swedish storm assault on Copenhagen which took place on 10–11 February 1659 at this site. The same event is commemorated by the names Stormgade and .