{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Choate Department Store | nrhp_type = indcp | nocat = yes | image = Choate Department Store eve.jpg | caption = The Choate Department Store viewed from the north | coordinates = {{coord|44|3|7|N|91|38|11|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Minnesota#USA | location = 51 East 3rd Street, Winona, Minnesota | area = Less than one acre | built = 1881 | architect = A.E. Myhre | architecture = Romanesque Revival | partof = Winona Commercial Historic District | partof_refnum = 98001220 | refnum = 76001079<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2010a}}</ref> | added = June 3, 1976 | designated_nrhp_type = October 1, 1998 }}
The '''Choate Department Store''' is a historic commercial building in Winona, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1881 for Hannibal Choate (1835–1923), an early Winona-based merchant who achieved such regional prominence that he became known as the "merchant prince of southeastern Minnesota".<ref name=Lund>{{citation |last=Lund |first=Marjorie |author2=Charles W. Nelson |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory -- Nomination Form: Choate Building |url={{NRHP url|id=76001079}} |publisher=National Park Service |date=1976-03-02 |accessdate=2017-12-24}}</ref> The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 for its local significance in the theme of commerce.<ref>{{cite web |title=Choate Department Store |url=http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/NRDetails.cfm-NPSNum=76001079.html |work=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |accessdate=2017-12-24}}</ref> It was nominated for its associations with Choate, who pioneered fixed price retail and in-store merchandise displays in the region, and boosted his bottom line by wholesaling to other merchants.<ref name=Lund /><ref>{{cite news |last=Sowers |first=Heather |title=THURSDAY THROWBACK: Hannibal Choate, Winona's merchant prince |url=http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/thursday-throwback-hannibal-choate-winona-s-merchant-prince/article_9b14e4ab-9014-59a3-a8c1-f2f7145f87b3.html |newspaper=Winona Daily News |location=Winona, Minn. |date=2016-06-23 |accessdate=2017-12-24}}</ref>
In 1998 the store was also included as a contributing property of the Winona Commercial Historic District.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Curran |first=Christine A. |author2=Charlene K. Roise |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Winona Commercial Historic District |url={{NRHP url|id=77000776}} |publisher=National Park Service |date=May 1998 |accessdate=2015-06-27}}</ref>
==See also== * National Register of Historic Places listings in Winona County, Minnesota
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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Choate Department Store}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota}}
Category:1881 establishments in Minnesota Category:Buildings and structures in Winona, Minnesota Category:Commercial buildings completed in 1881 Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Category:Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Minnesota Category:National Register of Historic Places in Winona County, Minnesota Category:Romanesque Revival architecture in Minnesota