Mønsted's House

Mønsteds Gård is a listed brick house in the historic center of Aarhus, built in 1810 by the merchant Hartvig Philip Rée. Its façade, divided by pilasters, looks out onto Vestergade opposite the Church of Our Lady. The building became well known through Otto Mønsted, who ran a margarine factory here from 1893 that grew into one of the city's largest employers. The site's historical significance, shaped by the city's industrial rise and the social role of its occupants in the 19th and early 20th centuries, led to its listing on the Danish register of protected buildings in 1950.