Rådhusgata 7 (English)

Gate in Rådhusgata 7, Norway

Rådhusgata 7, city center, the second city hall of Oslo (1734-1843), is one of its oldest preserved structures. The oldest section dates from c. 1625-30 – the year 1647 on the anchor plates of the facade may possibly refer to an extension in connection with the land commissioner Johann Garmann taking over the house that year as a private dwelling. The house was subsequently called Garmanngården. Originally, the house had a number of bays overlooking the street, two large stepped gables towards the courtyard (one in the actual facade overlooking Dronningens gate and one on the section towards Rådhusgata) and a large stair turret towards the courtyard – all of these features disappeared during a conversion around 1760. In the 1680s, the building was a residence for Vice Governor-General Just Høeg. Several of the owners in the 18th century lost the house because of financial offences – Publican Frantz Pedersen forfeited the house in 1705 because he had defrauded the customs, and Victualler Helle Holst suffered the same fate in 1712, after having supplied inedible bread to the army. Both Holst and a later occupier, Prefect Vilhelm de Tonsberg, carried out conversions and extensions to the house.

Type:
Gate

Where:
Rådhusgata 7, Norway

Coordinates:
59.91°N, 10.74°E

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