Voldgade is named after the rampart that previously bounded Skive town against Skive Mark. Created around 1890, named in 1897. The buildings here were taxed as farmland until 1892, when Skive city limits were expanded. The street has always been primarily characterized by residential rentals.
Businesses etc.
Voldgade 2, built in 1905, was home to both Hotel Skive and Grand Café until 1922. In 1922, the hotel was closed after “The Episcopal Methodist Church” bought the building to convert it into a church.
A private bathing and health resort, with hot and medicinal baths, was located here for a number of years. Existed at least for a period in the 1950s and 60s.
“Skive daughters’ school” from 1901 to 1907, after a failed application for a municipal grant.
Sources
- Skive | Trap 5 (lex.dk)
- Thiesen, Charles: Bogen om Skive, 1926 p. 111, 259, 308