No. 16 and No. 17 were both destroyed in the Copenhagen Fire of 1795, together with most of the other buildings in the area. The two fire sites were subsequently acquired by Frederik Borchsenius (1765–1831) and merged into a single property. The current building on the site was constructed for him by Andreas Hallander in 1799. On 5 August 1799, Borchsenius was granted citizenship as a brewer in Copenhagen. He established a brewery in a rear wing of his new property. In 1800, Borchsenius also purchased the estate Tronegård at Kongens Lyngby.
