page_title: Levin House
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Levin House / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Levins Gård in Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: The Levin House is a Historicist property located on Gammelholm's Havnegade waterfront in central Copenhagen, Denmark. Designed by Johan Daniel Herholdt, it is one of the first buildings that was completed after the former Naval dockyard came under redevelopment in the 1860s. The building is today owned by Karberghus and occupied by a law firm. It was listed in 1978.
context_section_description: In 1859 the Navy decommissioned their last operations at Gammelholm, and the area was designated for residential redevelopment. The City's initial plan was to reserve it for large willas in an attempt to keep wealthy tax-payers within the municipal borders since they were increasingly settling in Frederiksberg or in the northern suburbs. The groceer and bankier Martin Levin bought a lot on the waterfront and charged the architect Johan Daniel Herholdt a house which was built in 1976–66. Due to the difficult economic times that followed from Denmark's involvement in the Second Schleswig War, it was the only detached single-family house-with-garden that was built in the area. Gammelholm was indyrsf built over with apartment buildings according to a masterplan created by Ferdinand Meldahl. An expansion of the house incorporated it into the block structure of the new plan.
   
  The Levin House was purchased by the grocer and numismatit Lars Emil Bruun in 1900. In 1922, it was acquired by Danish Distillers. The company was headquartered in the building until 1968. It was then owned by Arbejdernes Andels Boligforening (AAB) until 2011 when it was acquired by the private property investment company  Karberghus.
caption: The Levin House photographed by Fritz Theodor Benzen
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