The street level facade has been remodeled several times over the years, but still maintains the cut stone dividing members.

Panels carrying the names of the persons first associated with the structure, as well as its completion year, are incorporated into an elaborate metal cornice.

[4] Hummel moved to New Ulm in 1856, soon after its founding, and helped form its own Turner Society and taught gymnastics in the new hall.

He tried making a living in several areas including farming, operating a drug store and running a saloon, before co-founding the New Ulm Creamery Company in 1880 and finding success.

By 1890 he was one of the most successful businessmen in the city, he joined Werner Boesch and Edward Maltzahn to open a new business block.

[5] The Boesch, Hummel, and Maltzahn Block is noted for being the most elaborately detailed Main Street commercial building in the area.

Similar buildings are commonly stripped of features such as cornices and projecting bay windows over time and various renovations.