Description

Historic 1881 E. O. Choate Department Store Building in Winona, MN.

Muller Carousel Horse from
E. O. Choate’s Dept. Store
in Winona, MN – SOLD

Photo of the historic E. O. Choate Department Store Building in Winona, MN.

The ca. 1881 commercial building of Hannibal Choate (1835–1923), prominent and influential early merchant of southeast Minnesota. Hannibal Choate was a pioneer in retail and was referred to as The Merchant Prince of South Eastern Minnesota. He founded a department store in historic downtown Winona at what is now 51-57 East Third Street with the help of Architecht A.E. Myhre. Choate became known as one of the finest dept stores in the country in the 1880’s.