It was then a five-bay-wide, half-timbered building with a facade crowned by a two-bay-wide gabled wall dormer.

31 in St. Ann's East Quarter and was still owned by skipper Ole Olsen at that time.

He resided in the building with his wife Margaretha Ips Datter, their seven children (aged three to 13), one maid and one lodger (another skipper) at the time of the 1787 census.

Peder Hansen Bistrup resided in the building with his wife Rebecca Jonasdatter (died 1834), their seven children (aged three to 19) and one maid.

[4] Hans Jensen Giese, third skipper, resided in the building with his wife Anne Kirstine Jessen, their four children (aged one to 12), his brother Peter Jensen Giese (skipper, away at the moment) and one maid.

[11] Hans Christian Hansen, a typographer, resided on the second floor with his wife H. Frederikke, their daughter Wilhelmine Marie and the lodger Wilhelm Malling.

[12] Johan Frederik Sporlæder, a mate (styrmand), resided on the third floor with his wife Anne Christine, their two children (aged four and eight) and three lodgers.

[13] Lars Nielsen, a workman, resided in the basement with his wife Cathrine Emilie and their four children (aged one to eight).

[17] Andreas Simmelhag, a businessman (Vare og Vexelmægler), resided in the building with his seven children (aged seven to 27) and two maids.

He lived there with his wife Elna Nilsson (née Persson), their two sons (aged one and two), two maids and four lodgers.

The plastered, yellow-painted facade is finished with a belt course above the ground floor, a sill course below the first-floor windows and a simple cornice below the roof.

The basement entrance next to it is flanked by cast iron railings shaped as griffons.

The rear side of the building is constructed in undressed brick on the ground floor, followed by two storeys with red-painted timber framing and yellow-painted infills, and finally a mansard roof.

[1][verification needed] Nyhavn 59 is today owned by APS Kbus 17 Nr.