Konantz Saddlery Company Building

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(Railroader Printing House)

- 227-31 East Sixth Street (between Sibley and Wacouta) -
- 1893, J. Walter Stevens -

The Konantz Saddlery Company started making harness and saddles in Quincy, Illinois, in 1871. They opened a Saint Paul branch in 1876. Later, from the early 1920s until the 1980s, this building was the home of the Railroader Printing House, producer of thousands of tickets, menus, and railroad promotional materials.

- Profiles in Prosperity -
Celestia Gilbert, Alice Jackson, and Carol Currie: Women as well as men recognized the profit potential of investing in construction in Lowertown. Celestia Gilbert, Alice Jackson, and Carol Currie owned adjacent buildings (Konantz Saddlery Company Building, and Koehler & Hinrichs Company Building), which they rented to wholesale firms.