It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1932. Notable former residents include the composer Peter Arnold Heise and the ballet dancer Augusta Nielsen.

Jørgen Daniel Steenbeck, a sea captain, resided in the building with his wife Chatrine Haagens Datter, their two children (aged seven and nine) and two maids.

[3] Jens Nielsen Kornbeck (1763–1796), another sea captain, resided in the building with his wife Louise Haagensen (1761-), their two children (aged one and six) and two maids.

[4] Jørgen Jensen Fersløw, a mate (sturmand), resided in the building with his wife Anna Maria Ols Datter and one maid.

[7] Christian Madsen, another skipper, resided in the building with his wife Cecilie Poulsen, a 12-year-old girl in their care, the 61-year-old widow Maren Gad and two maids.

[8] Johan Gotlieb Steman, a barkeeper, resided in the building with his wife Marie Lemann and one maid.

In 1794, in partnership with his brother Erich, he had founded Nicolay Nisson & Co., a wholesale business dealing in colonial goods and ship supplies.

During the Gunboat War, Nisson was issued letters of mark for at least 15 privateering vessels, including the schooners Caroline, Madame Clarke and Grev Danneskjold.

A year and a half later, on 14 September 1809, Marie Louise Nisson married her cousin, Carl Frederik Selmer, who then took charge of the business.

He lived there with his wife Maren Nisson, their six children (aged one to 11), two grocers (employees), one male servant and two maids.

[13] Carl Frederik and Marie Louise Selmer resided on the first floor with three maids and Icelandic merchant Martin Christian Nisson.

Carl Fredeirk and Marie Louise Selmer resided on the first floor with a 63-year-old widow, one lodger, two male servants and one maid.

[17] Augusta Nielsen and Anders Johan Afzelius, a dancer at the Royal Danish Ballet and her Swedish husband, an engineer, resided on the second floor with one maid.

Carl Frederik Selmer's household consisted of himself, his wife, their son, a housekeeper, a male servant and a maid.

a businessman and the brother of the owner of Nyhavn 55, resided on the ground floor with his wife Elisabeth Karoline Quade (née Valeur), their infant son and one maid.

[23] Niels Jacob Edvard Hellesen and Henry von Aller, two merchant's apprentices (aged 16 and 19), resided in the last dwelling with one maid.

Laura, Louise and Theophilus Scholdann–three siblings in their 30s–resided in the garret with their aunt Christiane Scholdann, two lodgers and a maid.

Another member of the club, writer and diver Ylrich Uhre, was subsequently in charge of a major renovation of the building.