Læderstræde 36

Læderstræde 36 is a Neoclassical building situated at the corner of Læderstræde and Hyskenstræde in the Old Town of Copenhagen, Denmark. The property was for around 100 years, from 1722 until some time after 1806 the site of a distillery. The adjacent building Hyskenstræde 9 was part of the same property until 1845. The two buildings were both constructed as part of the rebuilding of the city following the Copenhagen Fire of 1795, although the building in Hyskenstræde was subject to comprehensive alterations in 1834. The two buildings were individually listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1964.

17th century
The property belonged to Christen Jensen Bech from 19 December 1633 to 1664. On his death it was passed to Nicolai Bech. On 14 September 1668, he sold it to Herman Steenkul. On 1 March 1669, Stenkul sold it to renteskriver Lauritz (Laurids, Lars) Andersen Due. He would later also serve as councilman in Copenhagen. He was married to Magdalene Friis. Their daughter Catharina Due (1677-1768) was married to counter admiral Laurids Christoffer Ulfeldt (1678-1762) (epitaph in Køge Church). Magdalene Due (née Friis) kept the property after her husband's death. Due's property was listed in Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 30 in Strand Quarter.

The distillery
Magdalene Due (née Friis kept the property until her death. On 19 December 1722, it was sold by auction to distiller Niels Olufsen. He operated a distillery from the premises. His buildings were destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728.

The property was later acquired by distiller Lars Sørensen Leegaard. His property was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 34 in Strand Quarter.

The property was again destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795, together with most of their buildings in the area. Rge present corner building was constructed in 1798-99 by master builder Christioher Crobne. The adjacent building in Hyskenstræde was also constructed in 1798-99 but it is unclear if it was also constructed by Crone.

The property belonged to distiller Erich Møller at the 1801 census. His property was home to 42 residents in five households. Erich Møller resided in the building with his wife Louise Møller, their three children (aged seven to 14), two workers and two maids. Joseph Gugenheim, a merchant, resided in the building with his wife Elisabeth Lewi, their four children (aged three to 15), two relatives and two maids. Christian Bechmann, a textile merchant (hørkræmmer) resided in the building with his wife Maria Lindbom, their six children (aged two to nine), one apprentice and two maids. Friderich Jacobsen, a royal lackey, resided in the building with his wife Anne Pedersenm their four children (aged two to 10), one maid and two other lackeys. Hans Knudsen, a beer seller (øltapper) resided in the building with his wife Anne Dorthe Hvalsøe and one maid.

The property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 32 in Strand Quarter, owned by distiller Peder Andersen.

Christian Carstens
The property was later in the century acquired by Christian Carstens (Carstensen). In 1824, he had been appointed as inspector of St. Petri Boys School ( Sankt Petri Kirche Chorschule / Knaben(frei)schule). In 1834, Carstens completely remodelled the building in Hyskenstræde, leaving only the facade intact.

Carstens' property was home to 58 residents in 10 households at the 1840 census. Christian Carstens resided on the ground floor of the corner building with his wife Charlotte Amalie Andersen and one maid. Peder Gabriel Wolff, a textile manufacturer, resided on the ground floor of the Gyskenstræde building with his wife Anna Sørensen and their five children (aged 13 to 23). Carl Gustav Welmer, a manufacturer of cigars, resided on the first floor of the corner building  with his wife Pauline Marie Stockman, their two children (aged one and three) and one maid. Sophie Charlotte Nielsen, a widow with means, resided on the first floor of the Hyskenstræde building with her son Nicolay Christian Sophus Nielsen, the widow Cathrine Magrethe Seegers	 and one maid. Christine Mahler (née Prahl, 1776–1853), widow of pastor Constantin Barbye Mahler (1773-1830), resided on the second floor of the corner building with her daughter Johanne Jensine Heiberg Mahler, two lodgers and one maid. Frederik Siegfred Bloch, manager of the lumberyards at Nyholm, resided on the second floor of the Hyskenstræde building with his wife Ane Sophie Blochm and three unmarried daughters (aged 19 to 33), one maid and the lodger Hans Henrik Dorch (law student). Marie Lynge (née Lange), a widow with a pension, resided on the third floor of the corner building with her six-year-old daughter Emma Wilhelmine Lynge, two sisters-in-law and four lodgers. Marie Fauch, another with a pension, resided on the second floor of the Hyskenstræde building with her 17-year-old daughter Antoinette Magdalene Fauch	and four lodgers. Johanne Christine Hoffgreen, a widow who continued her deceased husband's shoemaker's workshop, resided in the basement of the corner building with her three children (one of them a shoemaker), three shoemakers (employees) and two apprentices. Christine Hansen (née Mortensen), a flour seller (on behalf of Bertel Nielsen, owner of Røde Mølle), resided in the basement of the Hyskenstræde building with her one-year-old daughter, her sister Caroline Mortensen	and 21-year-old Louise Amalie Nielsen.

Carstens' property was home to 61 residents in 10 households at the 1845 census. Christian and Charlotte Amalie Carstens were still residing on the ground floor of the corner building. They lived there with the 74-year-old widow Arine Henriette Clausen	and one maid. Dorothea Margrethe Henriette Mens, a widow with a pension, resided on the first floor with her daughter Louise Augusta Stebuss and one maid. Anne Cecilie Meinig (née Rømer), another widow, resided on the second floor with her daughter Anne Margrethe Meinig and one maid. Andrea Wilhelmine Lynge and Bolette Christine Lynge, two sisters occupied with needlework, resided on the third floor with a niece and three lodgers. Johanne Christine Hoffgreen's shoemaker's workshop had now moved to the basement of the Htskenstræde building. She resided in the sassociated dwelling with two unmarried daughters (aged 26 and 28), master shoemaker Niels Gustav Hoffgreen, three shoemakers (employees), two shoemaker's apprentices and one maid. Peter Hansen, a master tailor, resided on the ground floor of the building in Hyskenstræde with his wife Anne Gjertrud Petersen, their four children (aged five to 19), two tailors (employees) and two tailor's apprentices. Christian Friedrick Bertelsen, a wheelwright, resided on the first floor of the Htskenstræde building wit his wife Marie Caroline Louise Bertelsen (née Kirchheiner), their four children (aged eight to 14), his sister Anna Dorothea Bertelsen, the widow Adelheid Ingeborg (née Friberg) and two maids. Iwar Nielsen, a 32-year-old man, resided on the second floor with his wife Anne Christine Nielsen født Lund, their three children (aged 10 to 17) and one lodger. Christian Jacob Nicolai Westerholdt, an army major, resided on the third floor with his wife Sophie Hedevig Westerholdt født Busch, their 26-year-old Christiane Wilhelmine Westerholdtm his mother Catharine Magdalene Westerholdt (née Läke) and one maid. Hans Christensen, a barkeeper, resided in the basement with his wife Johanne Nielsen and two maids.

Later in 1845 No. 32 was divided into No. 32 A (corner building) and No. 32 B (Hyskenstræde building). Carstens was succeeded by Claus von Thun as headmaster of St, Petri Boys' School in 8750.

Later history
Carstens was no longer a resident of the building at the 1850 census. The building was home to 34 residents in six households. Johanne Cirstine Hoffgreen now resided on the ground floor of the corner building with her two children (aged 27 and 30), one maid, one shoemaker (jer brother-in-law) and three shoemakers' apprentices. Carl Gustav Wellmer was still residing on the first floor with his wife, their three sons and one maid. Bolette and Andrea Wilhelmine Lynge	were still residing on the second floor with their 17-year-old niece, two unmarried women and the law student Peter Stenfeldt Seidelin. Johanne Petrine Rohde (née Hoffgreen), widow of master saddler I. H. Rohde, resided on the third floor with the theology student 	Andreas Christian Riis-Lowson	(1827-1896). Leonora Emilie Hansen, widow of a bookprinter, resided in the garret with her 16-year-old daughter and three lodgers. Peder Nielsen, a grocer (høker), resided in the basement with his wife Ulrikke Nielsenm their three children (eight to 15) and one lodger (a saddler).

The Hyskenstræde building was home to 20 residents in five households at the 1850 census. Hans Kyhn, a master turner, resided on the ground floor with his wife Johanne Kyhn født Bonnesen, two daughters (aged 18 and 22), a turner (employee), a caretaker and a maid. Dorothea Margrethe Stebuss, a widow, resided on the first floor with hera daughter and a maid. Anna Cecilie Meinig, a widow, resided on the second floor with an unmarried daughter and a maid. Christian Jacob Nicolaj Westerholdt	and his wife were still residing on the third floor with their two children and 35-year-old Georgine Møller. Johanne Nielsen, a barkeeper (widow), resided in the basement with one maid.

The corner building was listed as Læderstræde 26/Hyskenstræde 13 when house numbering by street was introduced in 1859 as a supplement to the old cadastral numbers by quarter. The building in Hyskenstræde (No. 32 B) was listed as Hyskenstræde 11.

Hyskenstræde 26 was home to 25 residents in four households at the 1860 census. Johanne Christine Hoffgreen (née Jørgensen), widow of a shoemaker, resided on the ground floor with her three children, 	two shoemakers (employees), one maid and one lodger. Wilhelm Christian Fries, a military surgeon, resided on the first floor with his wife Alma Erhardine Fries, 	their nine-year-old daughter Olga Conatantine Fries and one maid. Bolette Kirstine Lynge and Andrea Wilhelmine Lyngee, both employed with neddlework, resided on the second floor with three lodgers.. Andreas Larsen, a textile asorker (dugmagersvend), resided on the third dloor with his wifeMarie Magdalene (née Fries(, their two children (aged 23), and one lodger. Jens Carl Klotz, a furniture retailer, resided on the third floor with his wife Caroline Marie Emilie f. Barsharlil and one maid.

Hyskenstræde 11 was home to 20 residents at the 1860 census. Anton Hansen, a grocer (urtekræmmer), resided on the ground floor with his wife Mariane Sophie Frederikke (née Jenner(, their four-year-old son and one maid. Frederik Hansen, an employee, resided on the ground floor of the rear wing with his wife Dorthe Bleke and two children (aged one and three). Endoxie Richard, a widow teaching children, resided on the first floor with her two children (aged 13 and 17) and one maid. Viggo Harald Valdemar Berenth, a civil servant, was also residing on the first floor. Johanne Maren Kyhn, the widow of the turner from the 1850 census, resided on the second floor. Ane Maren Holst, a 58-uear-old unmarried woman, was also resident on the second floor. Christine Skaulund and Johanne Frederikke Schmidt, two unmarried women unmarried woman, resided on the third floor. Niels Olsen, a flour retailer, resided in the basement with his wife Henriette Emilie Bring	and their one-year-old son Niels Peter Olsen.

Architecture
Læderstræde 36,is constructed with four storeys over a walk-out basement. It has a four-bays-long facade towards both streets and a chamfered corner .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 s towards both streets feature a friezes with Vitruvian schroll ornamentation between the two central windows of the first and second floors. The first-floor corner window is topped by a segmental pediment supported by corbels.

Htskenstræde 0 is constructed with four storeys over a walk-out basement. The five-bays-wide plastered facade is finished with a cornice band above the ground floor and a cornice below the roof. The main entrance in the bay furthest to the right is raused three steps from the street level and topped by a transom window. The basement entrance is located in the second bay from the right. A hood noukd (supported by corbels) above it was removed in 1878. The roof is clad in red tile.

Today
The corner building is now owned by E/F Læderstræde 36. It houses a café on the ground floor and in the basement and residential apartments on the three upper floors.Htskenstræde 9 is owned by E/F Hyskenstræde 9. DanVikar, a temp agency, is based at Hyskenstræde 9. /