Kronprinsessegade 16
Kronprinsessegade 16 is a Neoclassical property overlooking Rosenborg Castle Garden in central Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
Construction
Kronprinsessegade 16 was built in 1807 as one of five properties at Kronprinsessegade No. 10-18 that were built by master builder Johan Martin Quist. The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 390 in St. Ann's West Quarter.
The poet Jens Baggesen was a resident in the building in the mid-1810s.
Hedvig Erichsen
Hedevig Eriksen, widow of Mogens Erichsen on Saint Croix, resided on the ground floor at the 1834 census. She lived there with her five children and one maid.
Hedevig Erichsen still resided on the ground floor at the 1840 census. She lived there with her six children and one maid. Elisabeth Elokin, Secilie Elokin and Ane Elokinthree unmarried sisters resided on the first floor with two maids. Emanuel Blom, a commander captain in the Royal Danish Navy, resided on the third floor with his wife Christophine Joachime Blom, their six children and one maid. Sophie Christine Simonsen, a widow barkeeper, resided in the basement with her four children, one male servant and five lodgers.
1845 census
The property was home to five households at the 1845 census. Marie Christine Kromdyer, a widow, resided on the ground floor with her 18-year-old son Georg Lauritz Kromdyer, her brother Lauritz Andreas Hansen and one maid. Peter Christian Küker, an infantry ciolonel, resided on the first floor with his wife Wilhelmine Dorethea Christiane and one maid. Niels Christian Mühlensteth, an executive secretary in Bureauet for Armeens Commandosager, resided on the second floor with his wife Emma Eulalia and one maid. Niels Christian Bjerring, a language teacher, resided on the third floor with his wife Marie Clemece Elisa Livio, their one-year-old daughter and two maids. Johannes Rudolph Nicolaus Schwenn, a cigar manufacturer, resided in the basement with his wife Anne Marie Lund, their two children and one maid.
Later history
The writer and educator Athalia Schwartz lived in the building from 1851 to 1853.
Architecture
The building consists of four storeys over a high cellar and is five bays wide. Two triangular pediments are located over the outer windows on the second floor. The Mansard roof with three dormers dates from 1902 to 1908. A five-storey side wing projects from the rear side of the building. The complex was listed on the Listed buildings in [Copenhagen Municipality|Danish registry of protected buildings and places] on 14 April 1945.