It was the first large, privately built apartment complex in the city and a social hub for the upper class in the early 20th century.

Mejlborg was designed with expansive apartments on the east side facing Kystvejen with a commanding view of the Bay of Aarhus.

Aarhus was at the time home to an artillery regiment housed in Langelandsgade Barracks and the soldiers subsequently used the ruins for target practice in a questionable bid to safely pull down the remains of the building.

The outermost sections protrude slightly and have large Gothic crow-stepped gables, bay windows, avant-corps and balconies.

The middle section share many features but lack the gables and instead have dormer windows in the ridged roof.