At the time of the 1787 census, he lived there with his wife Charlotte Friederiche, their 10-year-old daughter Mette Magrethe, the 53-year-old woman Mette Cathrine Bræmer, the 53-year-old widower Wibecke Cathrine Fuscher, the clerk Carl Ludwig Drewsen, a servant, a coachman, a caretaker, a housekeeper and three maids.

Wilhelm Laub (1734–1800), Krigsråd and pakhusskriver at the Custom House, resided in the building with his wife Sophie Kisbye, their three children (aged 11 to 18), two maids and a caretaker.

The third household consisted of the beer seller (øltapper) Niels Hiorth and his wife Anna Christians Datter.

[8] The property was also home to one other household, consisting of beer seller (øltapper) Knud Pedersen, his wife Kirstine Hoskiær and one maid.

The owner resided on the second floor with his wife C.W.Petersen, their three children (aged eight to 21), two office clerks in his firm, two male servants and one maid.

[10] J. H. Sieveking, a 50-year-old unmarried merchant (grosserer) and consul-general, resided in the building with three employees (two of them married).

The owner resided on the first floor with his wife Caroline Petersen, three maids, one male servant and a coachman.

His son Paul Bergsøe's memoirs Tre små vinduer (Three Small Windows) describe his childhood home in Nyhavn.

By sales contract of 11 April 1901, Nyhavn 63 was sold to the company Henriques & Zøylner (deed: 11 June 1901).

The company was founded by Gustav Aron Henriques (1859–1939) and C. Zøylner (1875–1937) on 1 September 1900.

The company was founded on 13 September 1795 by N. N. Ørumin in partnership with a young merchant, Jens Andreas, but it is unclear when it moved to Nyhavn.

The facade stands in undressed brick and features three stone reliefs between the first and second floor that commemorate the trade of the property's first owner.

It is flanked by Neptune with his trident and Mercury with his winged hat, the gods of the sea and trade.