The Norman General Store
The focal point of any crossroads community in this area include a church, a saloon, a
general store and a cheese factory where milk was turned into a marketable product.
Norman, a Czech heritage community founded in the 1850's was no exception. the
Pelnar family opened a "hotel and saloon" on this site in 1876. The summer kitchen
was added in the 1880's. John Riha acquired the property in 1890 and built the
adjacent home in 1904. The general store of today was actually moved to this site from
a nearby location and dates to the 1880's. The store closed around 1968. It was
purchased by Jerry and Anne Sinkula in 1988 and was opened as the Norman General
Store Bed and Breakfast in 1996.
Marker is at the intersection of County Route G and Norman Road, on the right when traveling west on County Route G.
Courtesy hmdb.org
