Obel House

The Obel House (Danish: Obels Gård) is a Neoclassical property located at Vestergade 2 in the Latin Quarter of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.

Obel House
Obels Gård
Thott Mansion seen from the square
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical
LocationCopenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°40′1.27″N 12°34′16.36″E
Completed1797

History

The first known owner of the property is Lasse Kruse who owned it in 1277. Councilman Svend Pedersen rented it out to a vicar from Falster in 1397. It had by 1416 passed into the ownership of Maribo Abbey.[1]

The property was from at least the middle of the 16th century operated as a guesthouses under the name Sjælland ("Zealand". Sjælland was in 1652 owned by councilman and German Chancellery secretary Bartholomæus Pedersen Hanstein.

Hanstein's widow, Maren Hanstein, sold the guesthouse to Mads Lauridsen Lieme. It was destroyed by fire in Copenhagen Fire of 1728.[1]

The building was destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795. The current building at the site was constructed in 1796-1797 for councilman for Herman Læssøe.Svend Pedersen.[2]

Architecture
The Obel House

The Obel House is constructed in red brick with three floors over a raised cellar. It is seven bays wide of which the two, slightly projecting outer bays are wider than the five central iones. The two outer windows on the first floor have balusters and are topped by triangular pediments. The facade is finished by a dentilated cornice.

References
  1. "Vestergade 2 Obels Gård". pisseranden.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. "Vestergade 2-2a-d". indenforvoldene.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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