 It was settled by a large number of German immigrants in the mid-19th century, who at one time constituted as much as a third of the population of the entire city.It has a commercial strip mainly centered along South Third Street, with mostly locally owned restaurants, as well as the tall-steepled St. Mary Catholic Church.The area is mostly a residential neighborhood of sturdy, red-brick homes with wrought iron fences along tree-lined, brick-paved streets.