[1][2] The house was built in 1616 for Matthias Hansen, who was a member of the city council and later served as mayor of Copenhagen from 1622 until his death in 1626.

In 1763, Jkauman's widow Ulrikke Sophie de Klauman sold the property to wholesale merchant Christian Hansen.

The owner resided in the building with his wife Mariane Valeue, their four-year-old daughter Charlotte Hansen, three office clerks, a coachman, caretaker, a female cook, a nanny and a maid.

Christian Albrecht Fabricius (1734–1715), General Administrator of Tal-Lotteriet, resided in the building with his wife Margretha Friderica Sckreek, their three children (aged eight to 17), a female cook, a male servant and a maid.

[4] Johan Henrich Meincke, another employee at Tal-Lotteriet, resided in the building with his wife Marie Tronsen and one maid.

[5] Rasmus Hansen West, a fishmonger, resided in the building with his wife Christiana Christen Datter and their 19-year-old daughter.

[6] Christian Stavanger, a greengrocer, resided in the building with his wife Ellen Kirstine, their four-year-old daughter, his 76-year-old mother and one maid.

Jens Schoustrup resided in the building with his wife Anne Kirstine Horn, their four children (aged eight to 15), three employees, three male servants and two maids.

[10] Jon Kinderling, an inspector at Klæde Oplaget (textile storage), resided in the building with his wife Friderica Stetzer and one maid.

[11] Niels Bolsmann, a fishmonger, resided in the building with his wife Cecilia Bentsen, their two children (aged two and four), a maid and a caretaker.

Shortly prior to his own death, in 1844, he chose to cede it to his eldest son Peter Jacob Schoustrup.

Architect Hans Jørgen Holm refurbished the building in 1898 and a café designed by Thorvald Bindesbøll opened on the ground floor the following year.