The building was constructed for district physician Frederik Christian Krebs in 1856.

In 1869, he published For Idé og Virkelighed in which he wrote about the emerging labour movement and argued in favour of improving the conditions for members of the working class.

[3] The building is constructed with alternating horizontal bands of red and yellow bricks.

The facade features a central, two-bay avant-corps which is also tipped by a crow-stepped gable.

The horizontal red and yellow bands and the crow-stepped gables were features also seen in many of Bindesbøll's earlier works, including Jydske Asyl, Thisted Town Hall, Hobro Church, Nykøbing Bishop's House and the Mother Hage House on Møn.