Aarhus was at the time walled as octroi was in effect and taxes were collected on products brought to market.

Until then Mejlgade had a city gate where it now intersects Molsgade making it one of the main thoroughfares into Aarhus; home to taverns and medieval merchant mansions catering to travellers and traders.

The architecture is distinct from the larger planned neighborhoods in Vesterbro and Trøjborg; the streets are narrower and buildings of different styles, colors and heights mix.

[4] There are two listed buildings in the neighborhood; the medieval mansion Raas Gaard and the functionalist apartment complex Klintegaarden.

[5][6] Nørre Stenbro went through a redevelopment phase in the 1970s; housing density was reduced and apartments were changed to condominiums and sold off.