The Schornstein Grocery and Saloon is a commercial and residential building in

Saint Paul Paul; grc, Παῦλος, translit=Paulos; cop, ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ; hbo, פאולוס השליח (previously called Saul of Tarsus;; ar, بولس الطرسوسي; grc, Σαῦλος Ταρσεύς, Saũlos Tarseús; tr, Tarsuslu Pavlus; ...

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

, United States. It was built in 1884 for $5,000 in the

French Second Empire The Second French Empire (; officially the French Empire, ), was the 18-year Imperial Bonapartist regime of Napoleon III from 14 January 1852 to 27 October 1870, between the Second and the Third Republic of France. Historians in the 1930s a ...

style, and this Dayton's Bluff business was designed by architect Augustus F. Gauger (1852-1929). It is listed on the

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. It was built by William Schornstein, "a prominent member of the local German American community," who lived on the premises with his wife Wilhelmina from 1885–1920, running a grocery and saloon. "The establishment was especially popular among the area’s German-Americans and there was a large hall on the third floor for meetings and special events."

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Commercial buildings completed in 1884 Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Drinking establishments on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in Saint Paul, Minnesota Second Empire architecture in Minnesota German-American culture in Minneapolis–Saint Paul Italianate architecture in Minnesota {{SaintPaulMN-stub