Turner Hall (New Ulm, Minnesota)

New Ulm Turner Hall
Turner Hall in 2009
Location102 S State St, New Ulm, Minnesota
Coordinates44°18′37″N 94°27′39″W / 44.31028°N 94.46083°W / 44.31028; -94.46083
Area1 City Block
Built1866, 1873–1954
ArchitectJulius Berndt
Architectural style
Websitehttp://www.newulmturnerhall.org/
MPSBrown County MRA
NRHP reference No.79001215
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1979

The New Ulm Turner Hall or simply Turner Hall (German: Turnhalle) is an 1873 two-story gymnasium, rathskeller, and social club created by German-American Turners who helped settle New Ulm, Minnesota in the mid-nineteenth century. The building is a symbol of the city's founding, its German-American heritage, and a once-common German immigrant organization. According to the New Ulm Chamber of Commerce, the Turner Hall is the oldest bar and gymnasium in Minnesota still in operation.