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Jacob Schenkelberger

For many years, the Union Cornet Band gave regular concerts at Schenkelberger's Hall at the corner of Main and Virginia Streets in Buffalo. Schenkelberger's Hall was described in an Express article in June 1874 at the inauguration of the regular series of summer night concerts. "The hall has been renovated and repainted, and with its high roof and spacious interior will prove to be a refreshingly cool and comfortable place to spend an evening when the real hot weather sets in. The floor was thickly scattered over with chairs and tables, and baskets of trailing plants were suspended from the beams overhead. The yard back of the hall, which has been floored and covered over with an awning of white cloth, will accommodate a large number of guests, and is the most attractive spot about the premises."

Jacob Schenkelberger was a Civil War veteran who had lost a leg at the Second Battle of Bull Run. In Buffalo, he had become very well known in the German community from a long career as a saloon and restaurant operator. After the war, he returned to his former profession and took charge of a restaurant that was connected to the Ziegele Brewery at Virginia and Main Streets. Ziegele Hall or Schenkelberger's as it was more commonly called, was one of the most prominent places of its kind in Buffalo.