Gothersgade 56
Gothersgade 56 os a Neoclassical property situated on Gothersgade, close to Rosenborg Castle Garden, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.
History
The Lars Larsen House was constructed for shipbuilder Lars Larsen in 1801. In 1802, he used the garden for the construction of a new building. In the cadastre of 1806, Larsen's new building was listed as No. 2 in St. Ann's West Quarter.At the time of the 1840 census, No. 2 was home to a total of seven households. Andreas Andresen Balslev, a master shoemaker, resided on the ground floor with his two sons, a foster daughter, one maid, one shoemaker and two shoemaker's apprentices. Birthe Belmann, a midwife, was also residing on the ground floor with two maids. Lars Madsen, who ran a boarding house for joiner's apprentices, resided on the first floor with his wife Sidse Kirstine Jørgensen, their four children and two maids. Christine Marie Nielsen, a 54-year-old widow, resided on the second floor with two unmarried seamstresses. Marie Falkenberg, a 42-year-old widow, resided on the second floor with her ten-year-old son Hans Christian Falkenberg, her 40-year-old sister Lovise Møller and one maid. Lauritz Niels Pagh, a captain in the Danish Admiralty, resided on the third floor. Frederik Meyer, a master shoemaker, resided in the basement with his wife Charlotte Meyer, their two children and one maid.
By 1845, Birthe Belman had taken over the third floor apartment. Marie Signiette Falkenberg was still residing on the second floor. She was now operating a boarding home on the site. Charlotte Theodore Kierulff was now operating another boarding home on the ground floor.
At the time of the 1860 census, No. 2 was still home to just four households. Dorothea Paulli, the widow of an overkrigskommisær, resided in the building with her 30-year-old daughter Camilla Paulli and one maid. Charlotte Theodora Kierulff and Marie Signette Falkenberg were still residing in two of the other apartments. Nicolai Hansen, a rådstuebetjent, resided in the fourth apartment with his wife Dorothea Magdalene Hansen, their two children and one maid.