The building is located at kilometer 0.2 (in the city outward direction) on the right hand side of the Schwachhauser Heerstraße in Bremen, directly behind the railway tunnel, and has the number 23. The angled house with porch, stairs and protruding gables and a large garden was built 1861. The 2000 square meter plot of land belonged to the Prussian Railway Administration, which set up an official residence in the house . At that time the street had the name Schwachhauser Chaussee.