The Ording House is a Neoclassical apartment building situated at the corner of the small square Vandkunsten (No.
It takes its name after Carl Henrik Ording, a horse trader and property investor for whom it was built in 1803.
It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1945. Notable former residents include the naval officer Carl Wilhelm Jessen.
At the time of the 1787 census, he resided on the property with his wife Ane Margrete Krag, their six children (aged five to 16), the wife's 13-year-old niece Hedwig Krag, a maid, a boy, three brewery workers and lodger Christian Asbach (student).
[7] Carl Wilhelm Jessen (1764–1823), a naval officer who reached the rank of counter admiral, resided in one of the apartments from 1817 to 1819.
[8] Herman Kierulf (1784–1845), a civil servant and publisher, resided on the first floor with his wife Vilhelmine Kjerulff (née Rahnue), two sons (aged 25 and 28) and one maid.
The building stands in blank, red brick and consists of three stories over a high cellar.
A memorial plaque and a relief of Frederick III on the corner commemorate the Swedish storm assault on Copenhagen which took place on 10–11 February 1659 at this site.