Coffee Landing

Coffee Landing is in the building that was once Rauscher's Grocery Store. It was the first grocery store in town and deliveries used to be made by hand cart and then eventually a horse-drawn cart. The building was built in 1913 by Emil Olson of Virginia, MN and the first proprietor was Hugo Olson. Joe and Nick Rauscher bought the building in 1917 and operated their grocery store until their death. The offices upstairs have been occupied by a number of professional and business people. Some of these were L.P. Blomholm, Veterans Service, Mental Health Service, and Peter Hemsted--attorney.

The small building that had been on the site originally was moved to the back of the lot. It had been occupied by the First National Bank, a confectionery run by O.P. Oberholtzer of Bemidji, and Zimmerman Electric. After it was moved, it was occupied by Doran Plumbing and later used by Rauscher's as storage.