Skagenkaien Historical Building, Stavange, Rogaland, Norway
This warehouse at Skagenkaien is part of a magnificent Stavanger property, built before 1710. The warehouse itself vas built around 1770, after mr. Ole Smith Plough had founded his trading company here in 1768. They were dealing with timber, salt, stockfish and herring. Mr. Pough built ships at his own shipyard and he also had shipping contracts outside Europe.
In 1791 his adopted son, Hans B. G. Sundt, became his partner and the trading house was named Plough & Sundt. Mr. Sundt’s son-in-law, Lauritz Hansen, became the dynamic leader of the firm from 1840, and at that time both trade and shipping were prospering. He was one of the most prominent men i town and he was also the mayor of Stavanger. Among other things he established Stavanger first theatre in town in one of the buildings at his property.
All the “time of depression” at the end of the 19 century the herring fisheries failed, and steamships took over the business from the sailing ships. Many companies were having difficulties and Plough & Sundt went bankrupt. However, the family was able to keep the estate and they established new trading business within wholesale and ship chandling. In the 197ties the warehouse was no longer used as such, and the house was rehabilitated to one of Norway’s nicest and most original retaurants – Sjøhuset Skagen.
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