It was constructed by Johan Martin Quist as part of the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795.

In the middle of the 17th century the property belonged to Icelandic merchant and brewer Rasmus Hansen Munk (-1670).

He also owned two small residences in Magstræde and a large undeveloped lot at Vandkunsten.

He was raised in Store Fuglede Rectory as the son of the local pastor Jacob Christensen Gamst (1651-1709).

His widow Margrethe Kirstine Jacobsdatter Juel (c- 1716 – 1771) continued the brewery until at least 1768.

He was at that time residing on his property with his wife Jens Michelsen Hostrupm their two sons (aged two and six), his mother-in-law Anna Maria Holm, the 18-year-old relative Mette Kirstine Gregersen, one brewer (bryggersvend), One brewer's apprentice (bruggerknægt), a caretaker and two maids.

His paternal uncle Jens Andersen Hostrup (c. 1712–1784) owned a brewery in Brolæggerstræde.

[10] Johan Forsten, a musician, resided in a third apartment with his wife Marinette Holm, their five-year-old daughter and a maid.

[11] Christine Beck, a 48-year-old widow, resided in the basement with a three-year-old girl in her care, one maid and three lodgers.

[16] Ivar Bredal, a musician and composer, resided on the first floor with his three children (aged four to seven), a housekeeper and a maid.

Peter Gustav Wilhelm Nyman, a helmsman (bådfører), resided in one of two dwellings on the second floor with his wife Marie Sophie Katrine and their five children (aged five to 16).

Jensine Jensen, Marie Holst and Hansine Paulin Muller—three unmarried women occupied with needlework—resided in the other dwelling on the third floor.

In 2018, Comedy Zoo was sold to the stand-up comedians Thomas Hartmann, Dan Andersen, Torben Chris, Anders Fjelsted, Michael Schøt and Comedy Zoo CEO Martin Bo Andersen.

[23] Knabrostræde 19/Kompagnistræde 19 is a two-winged building, constructed in red brick with three storeys over a walk-out basement, with a six-bay facade on Knabrostræde, a three-bay facade on Kompagnistræde and a slightly inset three-bay bow-shaped corner.

The bow-shaped corner was used by Quist in several of his buildings as an alternative to a chamfered corner, a tell-tale feature of building's from his time, still seen throughout inner Copenhagen, which was dictated for all corner buildings by Jørgen Henrich Rawert's and Peter Meyn's guidelines for the rebuilding of the city after the fire so that the fire department's long ladder companies could navigate the streets more easily.

Comedy Zoo, Copenhagen's leading venue for stand-up, is based on the ground floor and in the basement.