17th and 18th centuries of St. Ann's West Quarter, 1757. The site is located in the area known as
New Copenhagen, which was not incorporated into the fortified city until the 1670s. The site was initially part of a property listed in Copenhagen's first
cadastre from 1689 as No. 157 in St. Ann's West Quarter. The same property was listed in the new cadastre of 1756 as No. 65 in 1756 and owned by one Scheel's widow. The writer, politician and publisher
Edvard Brandes resided on the third floor from 1793 to 1896. The politician
Tyge Rothe (1877–1970) was a resident on the third floor from 1900 to 1904.
The Grocers Guild's sugar refinery The property was later merged with the adjacent No. 64 by and used for the construction of a sugar refinery. The property was listed as No. 64 in the new cadastre of 1806. No. 64B was home to four households at the 1834 census. Hermann Bech, a high-ranking government official (
deputeret) in the General Toldkammeret of Kommercekollegiet, resided on the ground floor with his wife Marie Amalia Bech (née Callisen(, their four children (aged 12 to 20), one male servant and two maids. In 1832, he constructed the building at No. 64A (now Store Kongensgade 77). In 1832 it was followed by the building at No. 64B. Hedemann was married to Clara Sophie Hedemann (née Gosch). At the 1834 census, Hedemann and his wife lived on the two lodger floors of No. 64A. They lived there with their foster son, Carl August Hedemann-Gade, who was the son of one pastor Gade. In 1844, No. 64 was formally divided into No. 64A (Store Kongensgade 66) and No. 64B (now Store Kongensgade 79) while two strips of land at the bottom of the property were transferred to No. 140 and No. 146 on the other side of the block as No. 64C and No. 64D. Christoph Hedemann and his wife Clara Sophie (née Gosch) resided in the two lower floor (ground floor and first floor) apartments. At the time of the 1840 census, they lived there with the wife's nephew and niece (aged 16 and 21) and 13 employees and servants. Josias Feddersen, the king's cabinet secretary, resided on the third floor with his wife Vibecke Birgitte Feddersen née Krey, their eight children (aged nine to 23), 23-year-old Charlotte Christine Henriette Carstens and two maids. August Frederik Howitz, another high-ranking civil servant (
, Ridder af Dannebrog, ), resided on the third floor with his wife Mariane (née Holmer), his niece Severine Louise Johanne Caroline Howitz and one maid. By 1845, Clara Sophie Hedemann (née Gøsch), who had now become a widow, resided on the ground floor with her 21-year-old foster daughter Laura Clara Sophie Gade and two maids. Bernhard Rathgen, a civil servant in the Schleswig Holstein Lauenburg Cancellie, resided on the first floor with his wife Cornelia Rathgen née Niebuhr, their two children (aged one and three), a male servant and two maids. Andreas Heinrich Feddersen, 2nd Customs Inspector in Copenhagen, resided on the second floor with his wife Ane Magrethe Caspersen, their four children (aged 21 to 30), a housekeeper () and two maids. August Friedrich Howitz, another high-ranking customs official (), resided on the third floor with his wife Mariane Howitz (née Holmer), their lodger Christian Gottfred Wilhelm, a male servant and a maid. Mads Hansen, the building's
concierge, resided in the basement with his wife Karen Hansen and their five children (aged 12 to 18). At the 1860 census, No. 64B was home to five households. Clara Sophie Hedemann, Hedemann's widow, resided in the building with her foster daughter Laura Clara Sophie Gade and two maids. Christian Michael Rottbøll, a Supreme Court justice, resided in the building with his wife Jensine Niels. Sehested Berregaard, three unmarried daughters (aged 32 to 36), 25-year-old Anders Hansen Thomsen and one maid. Johan Peter Jacobsen, a chief physician at the 13th Infantry Battalion and livrist at the dowager queen's court, husfade) with title of
justitsråd, resided in the building with his wife Marie Jeanette Christine Uedsen, two maids and a coachman. Eduard August Dahlerup, a professor of medicine at the
University of Copenhagen and former royal physician, resided in the building with his wife Elisabeth Dahlerup (née MacDengall), their seven children (aged one to 11) and three maids. Anders Sørensen, a grocer (
høker), resided in the basement with his wife Cicilie Dorthea Sørensen, their three children (aged two to six) and a maid.
20th century The wine company
Waagepetersen's Efterfølgere was based in the building from at least 1910 to 1950. The first to fourth floor was operated as a boarding home by 1942. In 1964, it was converted into a hotel. In 1984, it was converted into offices and meeting rooms. ==Architecture==