Saint Paul Turnverein

ID: 257
This file appears in: Engine House #21
Saint Paul Turnverein

One of the few remaining institutions of German culture that flourished in Saint Paul from the 1850s until World War I.

Photographer: Charles P. Gibson

Date: 1922

Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society

This file appears in: Engine House #21

By Paul Nelson
At the corner of Baker Street and Ohio is Engine House #21, a great example of early adaptive reuse. Built in 1910 for horse-drawn equipment, it is a pleasing example of fire station design with a hose tower. After its retirement from the fire…