Overgaden Oven Vandet 20

It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places inn 1918. Notable former residents include the zoologist Jørgen Matthias Christian Schiødte.

37, comprising presen-day Overgaden Oven Vandet –22 and Dronningensgade 9–15, which was ceded to renteskriver Anders Olufsen.

The houses were timberframed, two storeys tall and four bays wide, with brick basements and adjoining gables.

Cathrine Marie Larsen, a 57-year-old widow, resided in the building with two daughters (aged 28 and 31).

He had for many years worked for some of the large trading houses in Christianshavn, including Tutein and Iselin & Co.

He lived there with his wife Anne Olsdatter, the 18-year-old sailor Hans Tiesen, 14-year-old Mette Kirstine Andersen, a five-year-old boy from the Danish West Indies named Peter Friemann and two maids.

Hans Dyresen, an innkeeper, resided in the building with his wife Anne Marie Olsdatter.

[9] Peter Sørensen, a workman, resided in the building with his wife Anne Olsdatter, their three foster children (aged one to four) and two lodgers (ship carpenter and smith).

[10] Christian Larsen, another workman, resided in the building with his wife Else Truelsdatter and their two children (aged four and seven).

[2] In 1817, Koch's heirs sold the property to ship captain Søren Jensen Høyer (c. 1773–1818).

Niels Andersen Hamborg, a broker (Vexelmægler), resided on the ground floor with his wife Emilie Augusta (née Møller) and their five children (aged 13 to 30).

[13] Johannes Petersen, a helmsman, resided on the first floor with his wife Hansine (née Thaarigaard), their two daughters (aged two and nine) and one maid.

[15] Anna Maria Tikiøb, a widow, resided on the third floor with three of her children (aged 24 to 35), her sister Nancy Smith and one maid.

The pitched red tile roof is flanked by extended gables acting as firewalls.

a frieze with botanical ornamentation between the windows of the first and second floors and a white-painted cornice supported by corbels.

A slightly projecting, rectangular band between the windows of the two upper floors are painted in the same yellow colour as the rest of the facade.

The main entrance in the bay furthest to the right (southwest) is raised a few steps from street level.

The door is topped by a transom window with ornamentation representing a wreath fnanked by cornucopia with flowers.

The space between the hood mould and the transom window features the inscription "Minerva" as well as the house number (No.

No. 188 seen on a detail from Christian Gedde's map of Christianshavn Quarter, 1757.
Overgaden Oven Vandet 20 seen on a detail from one of Berggreen's block plans of Christianshavn, 1886-88.
The building in c. 1900.
The building in 1965, one year before the ground floor was restored.
The Zinn family's music room