ALBERDING BUILDING.
(AKA Charles Rehm's Saloon, St. Charles Saloon, Peerless Saloon, Pioneer Saloon, Solari Saloon.)
1856
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Pioneer Saloon - 1934.
1851 Charles Alberding owned a wooden structure on this lot and he ran a grocery and provisions store in it.
1856 Alberding had the current brick structure erected. For all intents and purposes Alberding owned the building until 1871.
1858 Charles Rehm's Saloon.
1859 On the first floor is a bakery and in the basement is Rehm's Oyster Bar & Coffee Shop.
1861 Rehm's St. Charles Saloon.
1871 Alberding sold to Paul Bixel.
1872 Bixel sold to Mike Rehm. Rehm ran a saloon with billiard tables.
1887 Rehm's Billiard Saloon and Wine Hall.
1910 Peerless Saloon.
1912 Solari Saloon.
1930 St. Charles Saloon.
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Pioneer Saloon - 1935
1935 Carlo's Pioneer Saloon.
1947 June 5 - Clara, Victor, William and Sylvia Solari sell to the state for $3260.
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1946
1947 Pioneer Saloon with Carlo Franco still as the concessionaire.
1963 to 1967 Laurine and Owen Hartman are the concessionaires. They purchased the business, Carlo Franco's Pioneer Saloon, from his heirs.
1968 Building restored. Name changed to St. Charles Saloon. The concession is temporarily (15mos) housed at Questai building on State Street.
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Inside the newly renovated St. Charles Saloon - 1969
1969-1976 Laurine Hartman Corder concessionaire, sells soft drinks, beer and snacks.
1976 July - Tom Cornett, with money borrowed from Bill Clever, purchased the concession, removed partition at the east end and made the room bigger, moved bathrooms outside.
1988 July - Denise Kerner is the concessionaire.
1995 Bill Hubenett is the concessionaire.
1997 James W. Brisco is the concessionaire.
2006 March - John & Jeanne Hand are the concessionaires.
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