At 140 rooms constituting 4000 m² (43000 ft²), it is one of the largest wooden buildings in Northern Europe, and it has been used by royalty and their guests since 1800.

From her father, the army commander in chief of central Norway, she inherited a large property in the city centre.

When she inherited her husband's large fortune, she commenced the construction of the largest private townhouse in Trondheim.

She is a representative of the cultural and commercial growth that Trondheim experienced in the late 18th century, and of the city's strong women in that period.

During her absence abroad, her son-in-law General Georg Frederik von Krogh (1732-1818) resided in the building.

After her death, it was inherited by his son, Mrs. Schøller's grandson, and the General remained in residence there until it was sold to the state in 1800 for 10,000 rigsdaler.

The ceiling and the overdoors in the ballroom were painted in 1847, probably using drawings by architect Heinrich Ernst Schirmer who worked with the interiors at the Royal Palace, Oslo.

The King's Study is furnished with a set of Chippendale-style furniture designed by architect Axel Guldahl and crafted by cabinet maker A. Kvenild for the same occasion.

The furniture of the Queen's salon was created in the Louis XVI style by Edvard Røhmen in Trondheim.