Ramsey County History – Fall 1968: “Bernheimer Block Is Gone But Memories Linger On”

Bernheimer Block Is Gone But Memories Linger On

The Bernheimer Block, on East Third Street (now Kellogg Boulevard) at the corner with Minnesota, was built in 1859. It was the site of many noteworthy events: the first Civil War enlistments; the first velocipede demonstrations; one of the first known boxing matches. The St. Paul Gymnastic Society, the YWCA, the St. Paul and Chicago Railroad, and the trial lawyer W.W. Erwin, among many others, used the building. It came down in 1968.
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