Jennow House

The Jennow House is a historic property located at Strandgade 12 in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Denmark. It takes its current name after Andreas Jennow, a businessman who owned it from 1949 to 1978. His company Andreas Jennow A/S was based in the building until 1988.

Jennow House
Jennows Gård
General information
LocationCopenhagen
CountryDenmark
Coordinates55°40′23.66″N 12°35′19.73″E
Inaugurated1792
ClientMathias Rohde

History
Vintage photo of the Jennow House

The property was part of a large lot at present-day No. 8–14, which had still not been developed in 1635. It is believed that brewer Jacob Byssing constructed a building at the site prior to his acquisition of the entire corner lot at No. 12–14 between 1689 and 1692. No. 12 was sold off in 1702. The current building was constructed in 1792 for brewer Mathias Rohde, who owned the site from 1785 until 1801, and it was then owned by his widow Christence Cathrine until 1804.[1] Lieutenant Colonel F. A. Schleppegrell (1792–1850) lived in the building from 1844 to 47. Minister of Internal Affairs Peter Georg Bang (1797–1861) lived in the building in 1849.[2]

The grocer Andreas Jennow purchased the property in 1949. In 1916, he had co-founded the trading company Jennow, Maage & Co., part of Russisk Handelskompagni which traded on Russia. For a while he worked out of Riga but had returned to Denmark as a result of the political unrest in the 1930s. Hennow owned the property until his death in 1978. It was partly converted into condos om 1979, but his company Andreas Jennow A/S was based in it until 1988. It is now headquartered in Birkerød to the north of Copenhagen.[3]

Architecture

The three-storey property is 12 bays wide and has a four-bay wall dormer. It also comprises a seven-bay side wing to the right in the courtyard, which dates from 1731 to 1747.[4]

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References
  1. "StrJennows Gård" (PDF) (in Danish). Christianshavn Lokalarkiv. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. "Strandgade 12-12a-d/Wildersgade 21" (in Danish). indenforvoldene.dk. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  3. "Historien" (in Danish). Andreas Jennow A/S. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  4. "Sag:Jennows Gård" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
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