Back in the late 17th century, the site was part of a large property owned by Admiral Jens Rodsten.

[1] Sørensen's daughter Edel Sørensdatter (1685–1762) married in around 1708–1710 to the Norwegian general trader and timber merchant Hans Jørgen Soelberg (1681–1753).

Her eldest daughter Anna Cathrine Hansdatter Soelberg (c. 1712–1757) was married to the theologian Søren Christensen Lemvigh.

The third daughter Anna Elisabeth Soelberg (1715–1757) was married to the wealthy general trader and councilman Abraham Falch (1712–1776).

Rasmus Marcher resided in the building with his wife Lovise Æpvise Behling (1868–1913), their 18-year-old daughter Albertine Elise Marcker, 11-year-old Samuel Loblau, lieutenant Christian Conrad Gercken and three maids.

[4] Peter Carl Jessen (1772–1830), a kammerråd, resided in the building with his wife Johanne Wilhelmine Caroline Wildenradt (1775–1804), their five-year-old son Frederik Jessen, his sister Regine Margrethe Feddersen (née Wildenradt, 1770–1842; widow of pastor Broder Feddersen, 1749–1797), her three children (aged four to 15) and one maid.

[1] Albertine Elisabeth Marcher married to chief pilot and later harbour captain Erik Eskildsen (1776–1856).

[9] The painter Louis August Framcois Aumont, who then worked for the Ministry of the Navy, was also a resident in the building.

Niels Peter Petersen, a new hotel patron, resided on the ground floor with his wife Bothilde Jensen, their 13-year-old son, two waiters and three maids.

[12] Hans Larsen, a barkeeper, resided in the basement with his wife Johanne Marie Hansen, their one-year-old twins, a maid and three lodgers.

In June 1886, he had succeeded his father as the owner of F. W. Doberck & søn, a manufacturer of decorative metalwork based at Store Strandstræde 9.

His widow Emilie Doberck continued the firm for six more years but on 11 March 1913 sold it to Carl Julius Emil Amundin (born Jørgensen), a close friend of her late, bought.

[clarification needed] His son Svend Amundin (born 31 July 1900) was made a partner on 6 October 1941.