Vestergade 15

[2] Mogens Fransen, a beer seller (øltapper), resided in the building with his wife Berte Friderichs.

The current building on the site was constructed in 1797–1798 by master mason Philip Lange and Lauritz Thrane.

[6] Rasmus Holm, a senior clerk (fuldmægtig), resided in the building with his wife Margrethe Kirstine (née Dahl) and one maid.

[7] Bertel Jensen, a beer seller (øltapper), resided in the building with his wife Barbara Jensdatter and their two-year-old daughter Maren Kirtensdatter.

Jebbe Knudsen, a master tailor, resided on the first floor with his wife Frederiche Hansen, their two daughters (aged four and nine) and one maid.

[10] Mads Cortzen, a music teacher, resided on the second floor with his wife Charlotte Holst and their five children (aged 19 to 27).

[11] Ole Pedersen, a grocer (høker), resided in the basement with his wife Kirsten Hansen and the lodger Niels Christian Tranekier (a master baker).

[13] August Lorentzen, a clerk working for the Royal Marine Insurance Company (Kgl.

[16] Ernst David Jørgensen, a workman, resided in the building with his wife Cucilie Dorthea.

[17] Christen Peter Georg Borregaard, a jurist, resided in the building with three unmarried daughters (aged 30 to 37) and one maid.

The chamfered corner bay was dictated for all corner buildings by Jørgen Henrich Rawert's and Peter Meyn's guidelines for the rebuilding of the city after the fire so that the fire department's long ladder companies could navigate the streets more easily.

The facade on Kattesundet is crowned by a small, arched wall dormer (originally with a pulley).

No. 239 seen on a detail from Christian Gedde's map of Copenhagen's West Quarter, 1757.
Brynjólfur Pétursson
Jens Hansen's property.
Vestergade 15 seen on a detail from one of Berggreen's block plans of Western Quarter, 1886-88.