Gustmeyer House
| Gustmeyer House | |
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| Gustmeyers Gård | |
The principal facade facing Ved Stranden
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Neoclassical |
| Location | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Country | Denmark |
| Construction started | 1796 |
| Completed | 1797 |
| Client | Frederik Ludolf Gustmeyer |
| Owner | ATP Ejendomme |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Johan Martin Quist |
Gustmeyer House (Danish: Gustmeyers Gård) is a historic property on Ved Stranden, opposite Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen, in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was built in 1797 to a Neoclassical design by Johan Martin Quist. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr was born in the building.
History
Like most other buildings in the area, Gustmeyer House dates from the time immediately after the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 which almost completely destroyed the area around St. Nicolas' Church. It was designed by Johan Martin Quist for the well-to-do merchant Frederik Ludolf Gustmeyer. Quist was one of a handful of master builders who obtained a near monopoly on the rebuilding of the city after the fire.[1]
Former foreign minister Ludvig Nicolaus von Scheele lived in the building from 1868 until 1873. It was then acquired by the businessman and politician David B. Adler (1826-1876) who resided at No. 14 until 1878.[1]
One of Adler's daughters, Ellen (1860-1930), married the physician and physiology professor Christian Bohr (1855-1911) in 1881. Their two sons, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels Bohr and the mathematician Harald Bohr, were both born in the building. [1]
The house was owned by King George I of Greece from 1903 until his assassination in 1913. He was son of Price Christian of Glücksburg (later King Christian IX of Denmark) and Louise of Hesse-Kassel.[1]
Architecture
The Neoclassical building is one of Copenhagen's first examples of a bourgeois residence with free-standing columns.
The property also includes two lateral wings which connect the main wing to a rear wing facing Admiralgade which served as warehouse for Gustmeyer's business. There is also a one-storey building in the central courtyard which dates from the same time as the rest of the complex.
Gustmeyer House today
The entire property was refurbished by royal building inspector David Bretton-Meyer for the consultancy McKinsey & Company Inc. in 1985-1986. The building is today owned by ATP Properties.
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