Joseph Brings House
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The Joseph Brings House also known as the Johan and Maria Magdalena Schilliger House, originally located at 314 Smith Avenue North, Saint Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...

, Minnesota
Minnesota
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, United States, the home was built between 1859 and 1862 by John Schilliger, and purchased by Brings in 1863; a cooper
Cooper (profession)
Traditionally, a cooper is someone who makes wooden staved vessels of a conical form, of greater length than breadth, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads...

, Joseph Brings (1820-1899) was born in Germany
Germany
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 and came to Saint Paul in 1857. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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