The simple, single-story brick structure was built in about 1906 by Fred Bigler who operated the local lumberyard and was a contractor.

[2] Burkhard Riegel, a German immigrant, opened his shop in this building in 1931.

After his death in 1990, the Clermont Historical Society acquired the building for a living history museum, and it contains its original blacksmithing equipment and furnishings.

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