Vester Voldgade 19
Vester Voldgade 19 is a Neoclassical property located at the corner of Vester Voldgade and Studiestræde in the Latin Quarter of Copenhagen, Denmark. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1974. It is now owned by Esbjerg Municipality.
History
19th century
Three small houses at the site were destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. A new building was constructed in 1796-97 for barber Lars Hansen Tøyring. It was heightened by his heirs in 1845.The composer Hans Christian Lumbye was a resident in the building in 1848. The politician Hans Egede Schack was among the residents ten years later.
Ph. L. Nathan opened Kjøbenhavns Manufaktur- og Klædeoplag in the late 1890s and lived in one of the apartments on the second floor. The Danish Women's Society and Danish Women's Council were later among the tenants.
2+th century
The building was in 1924 acquired by the coffee wholesaler Anton Linnet. He converted the ground floor into a coffee outlet the following year. He purchased the adjacent building at Studiestræde 47 in 1935 two years later also the one at Vester Voldgade 21. The coffee company and associated buildings were later handed down to his son Palle Linnet.Linnet's coffee shop closed in 1976. The building was sold to aktieselskabet Rafiki, in 1979. The new owner converted it into nine condominiums. All nine apartments were in 1997 sold to Esbjerg Municipality.