Military Academy building

Krig in Tollbugata 10, Norway

Military Academy building (Krigsskolebygningen), The, Tollbugata 10, was originally a town house built during the time after the founding of the city in 1624 by the chancellor of Norway, Jens Bjelke. His son, Jørgen, sold the house in 1662 to State Commissioner Nicolai Poulsen Orlof; it was later owned by the Hausmann family. From General Caspar Herman Hausmann’s daughter, Helene Margrethe, widow after Colonel Chr. Ulrik Storm, the house passed on in 1761 to the son, Chamberlain and later Member of the Privy Council Caspar Herman Storm, who became Prefect of Akershus diocese in 1763. He did not feel that the former chancellor dwelling adequately suited his station and in 1765 he had it converted into its present form, including a mansard roof, based on drawings by the architect Reichen. Above the walled-in gateway to Dronningens gate one can see the Storm family’s coat of arms, as well as that of his wife’s family, Mangelsen. After Storm went bankrupt, he had to lay down his office. He moved to Denmark in 1772, after which the house was for a while the residence of the retinue of the vice-regent, Prince Carl of Hessen, while the prince himself lived on the neighbouring premises. The house then had a number of owners, all of whom ran into financial difficulties: Zahlkasserer Jacob Juel was the next owner – in 1783 he was taken for embezzling government funds and had to sell. In

Type:
Krig

Where:
Tollbugata 10, Norway

Coordinates:
59.91°N, 10.75°E

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