The Neoclassical building was designed by Thorvald Jørgensen, who also designed Christiansborg Palace. Its main façade, with four large columns and a flight of steps the full width of the building, faces a space on the corner with Blegdamsvej. The symmetrical building at No. 26, Fredenshus, was completed for the Association for the Education of Apprentices (Danish: Foreningen til Lærlinges Uddannelse) to a design by Søren Lemche in 1915. On the northeast side of the street stands a stone popularly known as the Struense Stone, referring to Johann Friedrich Struensee who was executed on the Eastern Common in 1772. The stone has, however, nothing to do with Struense being a quarter milestone installed in 1698 in connection with Ole Rømer's survey of Denmark. It indicated there was a quarter of a mile (1.75 km) to the Eastern City Gate.