Lauer Brothers
Henry Lauer and Isaac Labisonniere at the cornerstone ceremony for the Saint Paul Cathedral, Saint Paul, Minnesota
Image courtesy Minnesota Historical Society. Used with permission.
The Lauer Brothers construction company applied the concrete for the sub-basement of the Minnesota Capitol in 1897. The comapny also did work on the St. Paul Cathedral (1915), the Commerce Building (1910), the Chuch of St. Agnes (1910) and the "Lauer Flats" homes at 226 Western Avenue in St. Paul. The Lauer brothers were Alsatian, from the region along the border of France and Germany.
Henry Lauer and Isaac Labisonniere
image courtesy Minnesota Historical Society. Used with permission.
Image courtesy Minnesota Historical Society. Used with permission.