Nyhavn 55
Nyhavn 55 is a just three-bays-wide, 18th-century canal house overlooking the Nyhavn Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918. The heritage listing comprises a half-timbered perpendicular side wing on its rear.
History
18th and early 19th centuries
The property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 listed as No. 18 in St. Ann's East Quarter, owned by Borcherner Sørensen. The building fronting the canal was constructed before 1731. It belonged to one Anders Sørensen at that time.In the new cadastre of 1756, the property was listed as No. 28 owned by skipper Hans Jacob Tofte.
At the time 1787 census, No. 28 was home to two households. Johanne Kirstine Morthorst, a widow ropemaker, resided in the building with her late husband's son and daughter-in-law, four apprentices and two lodgers. Jan Gottlieb Brandt, a sail-maker, resided in the building with Anna Christina, their two children and a maid.
The property was later acquired by Jacob Bierregaard, a master ropemaker. At the time of the 1801 census, he resided in the building with his wife J. C. Morthorst, the 17-year-old niece J.S. Beierholm and two maids.
In the new cadastre of 1806, the property was again listed as No. 28. It was by then still owned by Jacob Bierregaard.
Quade family
On 28 May 1814, Nyhavn 55 was sold at public auction to Johan Didrich Quaade for 6,136 Rigsbankdaler. Didrich Quaade, who was originally from Pommerby, Gelting, had come to Copenhagen in an early age. He started a wholesale and freight business after being licensed as a wholesaler 28 April 1813. His new property was home to his business, as well as to himself and many other members of the Quade family. Quade, who remained unmarried, was in the family known as "Bedsteonkel". He died in his property on 23 December 1855 and was buried from St. Peter's Church.At the time of the 1834 census, Quade resided on the third floor of his property with one of his employees. Albrecht Christian Heinerich Quaade, one of Quade's employees, resided on the second floor with his wife Mette Helena Maria Quaade and their six children. Margaretha Charlotte Quaade, Quade's sister and housekeeper, resided on the ground floor with two maids.
Quade bequeathed property and firm to his nephew Johan Peter Lorenz Quaade. In 1864, he partnered with N. C. Krake under the name J. P. Quaade & Krake. The company traded in grain and colonial goods as well as whale oil and other products from Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands. In 1882, Krake left the company. In 1886, Quade's son Christian Veleur Quaade was made a partner in the firm which from then on traded as J. P. Quaade & Søn. At some point, Quade moved his company first to Sankt Annæ Plads 17 and then to Amaliegade 21A
Nyhavn was during the Quade family's ownership also home to other tenants than family members. The painter Heinrich Gustav Ferdinand Holm was among the residents in the years around 1854.
The property was home to 10 residents at the 1880 census. Mette Marie Quaade resided on the ground floor with one maid. Oluf Peter Jørgensen, a Husfader Roersbetjent, resided on the first floor with his wife Wilhelmine Jørgensen and their two children. Svend Jensen, a sailor, resided on the first floor of the side wing with his wife Ane Marie Jensen, their six-year-old foster daughter and a female cook. Bolette Marie Olsen, a widow, resided on the second floor with two sons and one maid. Hans Olsen, a barkeeper, resided in the basement with his wife Marie Olsen and two sailors.