Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18
Frederiksholms Kanal 16–18 are two almost identical listed properties overlooking Frederiksholm Canal in central Copenhagen, Denmark. The Victorian Home, a 15-room, late 19th-century bourgeois home now operated as a historic house museum by the National Museum of Denmark, is located on the second floor of No. 18. The Attorney general (Rigsadvokaten) is based at No. 16. Both buildings were listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places by the Danish Heritage Agency on 6 April 1969. History Plessen's Mansion The property on the site was listed in the Copenhagen's first cadastre of 1689 as No. 285 in the city's West Quarter, owned by customs inspector (toldforvalter) Laurids Eskildsen. The property was shortly thereafter sold to Christian Siegfred von Plessen (1646-1723)- In the 1690s, he constructed a large tpwn mansion with a Baroque garden on the rear. The property was after his death passed on to his son Ludvig von Plessen. His property was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 asNo. 325 in the West Quarter. It was a two-storey building, with a long main wing along the canal and two secondary wings extending from its rear side along each their side of a central courtyard. It had a large garden, which occupied the entire central part of the block. Knuth of Lyche The property was later owned by the Knuth family. It was known as the Knuthske Hotel (The Knuth Hotel), indicating that the apartments were let out (probably to foreign diplomats etx). In 1779, Knith's Mansion was acquired by supercargo in the Danish Asiatic Company Søren Lyche. He was later elected as one of the directors of the Danish Asiatic Company. He had previously owned the Cort Adeler House in Xhristianshavn. 18001850 The property was at some point acquired by the businessman Caspar Peter Bügel. His property was listed in the new cadastre of 1806 as No. 243. He had also purchased the country house Bon Esperence in Charlottenlund. In 1809, he also acquired Ringsted Abbey for 330,000 Danish rigsdaler. The next owner, Jens Lund, another merchant, constructed a couple of warehouses around the corner in Ny Vestergade. A free mason's lodge, Zorobabel af Nordstjernen, was based in the building in the 1790s. In the middle of the 19th century it had fallen into despair The property was later acquired by Det Forenede Borgerlige Selskab (founded in 1821), a merger of Dreyer's Club and a number of other clubs. Jean Baptist Oluf Gamél (1812-1886), a chef who acted as club host, resided on the first floor of the building at the time of the 1840 census. He lived there with his with his wife Andrine Cassine Gamel (née Stockfleth), their two children (aged one and two), two male servants and three maids. Cassabadan and the new buildings The neglected building was acquired by Alphonse Cassabadan. He had recently retired from his position as head chef for king Christian VIII. In 1851, No. 242 was divided into No. 242A (now Frederiksholms Kanal 16), No. 242B (Frederiksholms Kanal