Overgaden Neden Vandet 39


Overgaden Neden Vandet 39, is a historic property in the Christianshavn neighborhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of three properties along Christianshavn Canal that were built by anchor smith Hans Caspersen and are now all known as the Hans Caspersen House, the others being Overgaden Oven Vandet 50 and Overgaden Neden Vandet 33. The building at Sankt Annæ Gade 4 is also associated with Caspersen. The building was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.

History

The property at the site was from 1689 owned by brewer Cornelius Nissen, It was in 1701 sold to Friderich Svane, the owner of Svenstrup Manor, who that same year sold it to textile worker Christopher Vogt. Boldewin Depenbrock purchased the property in 1706.
A half-timbered property at the site was in 1730 purchased by dyer Diderich Rohde. It was later sold to dyer Otto Birch.
The house was in 1761 acquired by anchor smith Hans Caspersen. Caspersen replaced the half-timbered facade towards the street with one in brick and reduced the number of windows from 12 to eight larger ones. The building was a few years later hit by fire and demolished. He purchased a house at Overgaden Oven Vandet 50 where he would live with his family until circa 1780. He completed a new four-storeu building at Overgaden Neden Vandet 39 in 1777. It contained eight large apartments, two on each floor.
Caspersen purchased the property at Overgaden Neden Vandet 33 in 1782 but remained in one of the apartments at No. 39 until a renovation of the building at No. 33 had been completed.
On 2 January 1786, Caspersen sold No. 39 to merchant Peter Halkiær. In 1792, Halkiær sold it to Jeppe Prætorius.
in 1899
The military officer Jacob Scavenius Fibiger was a resident in the building in 1860–161. He had in 1851 briefly served as Defence Minister in the 3rd Cabinet of Adam Wilhelm Moltke. The theologian Peter Andreas Fenger, who was pastor at Church of Our Saviour from 1855, lived in the apartment on the first floor from 1873 and until his death.
C. Langes Eddikebryggeri, a manufacturer of vineger, was at the turn of the 20th century located in the courtyard. The company changed its name to De Danske Eddikebryggerier when it relocated to Holger Danskes Vej 104 in 1902.

Architecture

The building is eight bays wide and has a four-bay central projection, The gateway is topped by a fanlight and the keystone features a relief of an ancher and the inscription "HCS AMC/150/ ANNO 1777".

List of owners