The building was constructed by Andreas Hallander as part of the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795 but owes its current appearance to a comprehensive renovation undertaken in 1851 for lawyer Carl Liebenberg.

Former residents include the politician Christian Colbjørnsen, physician and former director of the Danish West India Company Johan Friedrich Heinrich and composer W.H.R.R.

He lived there with his wife Christiane Rasmussen, their daughter Anne Barfred, three lodgers and eight servants and other employees.

[5] The third household consisted of Bendix Levin, his wife Juditte Ree, their three children (aged one to five) and a maid.

In 1798, Hallander sold the property to the English-born sea captain and general trader John Christmas.

[8] The daughter Anna Elisabeth Heinrich would later marry Christmas' business partner Thomas ter Broch.

[10] Politician Christian Colbjørnsen resided in another apartment with his wife Engelke Margrethe Falbe, their three daughters, two nieces, a governess, a caretaker, a male servant, a female cook, a nanny and three maids.

[11] Werner Hans Rudolf Rosenkrantz Giedde, a chamberlain and former administrative leader of the Royal Danish Orchestra as well as enthusiastic music collector and amateur flutist, resided in the building with his wife Anne Margrethe Brown, his niece Helene Catharine Giedde and Angelique von Holten as well as staff which included at least a coachman, two boys (one of them black) and a couple of maids.

[15] He was mainly trading in colonial goods from the Danish West Indies and timber but was also active on the property market.

[17] Count Julius Knuth (1787–1852), Prefect of Zealand and owner of Bonderup Manor, resided on the first floor with his wife Georgine Wilhelmine Grevinde Knuth née Hauch, their eight children, Ludvig Henrik Ferdinand Oppermann, Ane Georgine Marie Raffenberg and a staff of eight servants.

Jacob Stenderup resided with his sister, two brothers, a housekeeper, a maid and a caretaker on the ground floor.

Peter Olsen Haarsløv, a royal hearse coachman, resided in the basement with his wife Marie Elisabeth Haarløv née Hansen and five children.

[14] The property was at some point by the Supreme Court attorney Carl Liebenberg [da], possibly in around 1848 since he lived on the second floor from that year.

[23] Mathias Peter Ernst, a courier, resided on the ground floor with his wifeBirgitte Lundm their three children (aged 19 to 28) and one maid.

[24] Gerhard Wilhelm Feldmann, a concierge and brick-layer, resided in the basement with his wife Henriette Wilhelmine Fæder, their two children (aged three and six) and one lodger.

[25] Niels Rasmussen, a barkeeper, resided in the basement with his wife Ane Christoffersdatter, their four children (aged six to 17) and a one-year-old boy in their care.

[27] Now-widowed Frederikke Kathrine Knuth was still residing in the first-floor apartment, She lived there with two unmarried daughters (aged 31 and 33), a male servant, a female cook and two maids.

His foster daughter married Alfred Lund Brorson (1837–1894), director of Københavns Forstæders Brandforsikring.

Johan Carl Frederik Schuricker, a courier for Skjold, resided with his wife on the fourth floor.

[28] Illustrator Herluf Jensenius (1888–1966) and his wife Ellen (née Petersen, 1886–1976) resided in the garret of Rådhusstræde 1 from 1934 and for the rest of their lives.

The facade is finished with a sandstone band between the first and second floor and there is a cornice supported by corbels with Acanthus decorations below the roof.

Doors are located in the two outer bays and the slightly recessed ground floor windows between them are placed in each their niche.

[29] The architect Tobias Faber, who was married to Herluf and Ellen Jensenius' daughter Jytte, has described his parents-in-law's home in Rådhusstræde in his memoirs Kom indenfor.