The Flick building, once located on the 500 block of Center Street, was built and 1861. It survived the U.S./Dakota War of 1862 and was a German-language newspaper office for 52 years. The building was torn down in 1951. A special historical marker dedication honoring the building will be held at 4:30 p.m Friday, Aug. 8. --Photo provided by Brown County Historical Society

NEW ULM – A special marker dedication will be held for the historic Flick building 4:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8 at the building’s former location.

The Flick Building once stood on the 500 block of Center Street but was demolished in 1951. The location now serves as a parking lot between the laundry mat and the Retzlaff & Sons building.

The Flick building was built in 1861 by Jacob Flick and was originally the Steuben Saloon and tailor shop. A year after its construction, the building served as a defense post during the U.S.-Dakota War.

After the U.S./Dakota War in 1864, the Flick building became the office for the New Ulm Post, which was a German-language newspaper. The Post was the longest-running German language newspaper in New Ulm history. For most of The Post’s history, the paper ran out of the Flick Building.

Ludwig Bogen, editor and publisher of the New Ulm Post, bought the building in 1876. Bogen’s son Albert continued management of the paper after his father’s death in 1886. The Post was sold to J.H. Strasser in 1892, the final owner was Albert Steinhauser, who purchased the paper in 1916 and moved out of the Flick building.

After The Post relocated, the Flick building housed an Army store and soft drink parlor. The final owner was Henry Veigel, who operated a tavern from the building until it was torn down in 1951.

In 2023, the New Ulm Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) back a request to place a marker at the site to honor the former building, which was formally approved in 2024.

The marker dedication ceremony will be held at the former location of the building at 512 Center Street.