Nickel Joint Tavern
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- 501 Blair Street -
At one point in the early 20th century, Frogtown had more than four dozen small grocery stores, fruit and meat markets, and confectioneries. Many of these businesses were owned and operated by immigrants, including Dale Street Greenhouse, Dietsch's Hall, Willard's, and the Nickel Joint.
Photographer: St. Paul Dispatch & Pioneer Press
Date: November 16, 1957
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
This file appears in: Manufacturing and Other Storefronts
Manufacturing and Other Storefronts
Manufacturing uses were present along University and throughout the Frogtown neighborhood. Examples include the 1914 Ford Building, 117 W. University, an early motor vehicle manufacturing building and…