Evansville Brewing Company

Evansville Brewing Company
Evansville Brewing Company, July 2011
Evansville Brewing Company is located in Indiana
Evansville Brewing Company
Location within Indiana
Evansville Brewing Company is located in the United States
Evansville Brewing Company
Location within the United States
Location401 NW 4th St., Evansville, Indiana
Coordinates37°58′22″N 87°34′22″W / 37.97278°N 87.57278°W / 37.97278; -87.57278
Arealess than one acre
Built1891 (1891)-1893
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
MPSDowntown Evansville MRA
NRHP reference No.82000091[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 1, 1982

Evansville Brewing Company is a historic brewery located in downtown Evansville, Indiana at the corner of NW 4th Street and Ingle Street. It was built between 1891 and 1893, and is a four-story, Romanesque Revival style brick building.[2]: Part 1, p. 24 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

History

black and white drawing of three-story building
Advertisement for Evansville Brewing Co., 1891

The Evansville Brewery, lead by Henry Wimberg, opened in 1891. In 1893, the Evansville Brewery joined with Hartmetz and Son Brewery, and Fulton Avenue Brewery to form the Evansville Brewing Association. The combination allowed for a 150,000 barrel per year production capacity.[3] The Association filed a mortgage of $600,000 on the plant in 1894 to Henry L. Cook of the First National Bank.[4] Brewing activities stopped at this location in April 1918 as a result of prohibition.[5]

The Cudahy Packing Company purchased the building from the Evansville Brewing Association in 1916 to convert into a meat packing plant. The building was used for the cold storage of eggs and butter for the region.[6]

Charles and Otto Hartmetz opened the Dixie Motors automobile dealership in the building in 1918. The dealership was renamed Vandeveer Dodge in the late 1940s before moving away in the late 1960s.[7]

By the time the building was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana in 1981, a restaurant supply company, Brucken's, was located at 4th and Ingle.[8]

Beers

Evansville Brewing Co. advertised a Minnehaha beer in the August 30, 1891 "Evansville Courier."[9] Minnehaha or "Laughing Water" made Evansville Brewing a leader in the city.[3] Their Union Bock beer when on sail April 1, 1893.[10] In March 1898 they advertised with the Fulton Avenue Brewery the release of a Bock beer.[11]

By 1908 the brewery was making a "non-intoxicating drink similar to the so-called temperance beverages on the market."[12] Jingo, Evansville Brewing's temperance drink, was trialed in Frankfort, Indiana related to legal investigations.[13]

Note

This building is located at 401 NW 4th Street in Evansville and should not be confused with a former brewery located at 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue. The 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue building opened in the 1880s and was known as Fulton Avenue Brewery, was renamed Sterling Products Company during prohibition, then Sterling Brewers after prohibition. G. Heileman Brewing Company acquired the Pennsylvania Ave. location in the 1970s before selling to local investors who opened the Evansville Brewing Company in 1988.[14]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved August 1, 2016. Note: This includes Douglas L. Stern and Joan Marchand (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Evansville MRA" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016., Douglas L. Stern and Joan Marchand (October 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Evansville MRA" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2016., and Accompanying photographs
  3. 1 2 "Three Now in One: a trio of home breweries consolidate". The Evansville Courier (1888-1998), Evansville, Ind. March 14, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  4. ↑ "The Evansville Brewery: a mortgage placed on the plant yesterday". The Evansville Courier (1888-1998), Evansville, Ind. July 3, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved August 13, 2026 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
  5. ↑ "Evansville Hard Hit by Prohibition: two of largest breweries in state will start making soft drinks". South Bend News-Times (Ind.). February 5, 1917. pp. 4 (listed 12). Retrieved August 25, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Cudahy Buy a Brewery: Evansville plant will pack meat instead of beer". Kansas City Star. July 23, 1916. pp. 6A. Retrieved August 13, 2026 – via Readex: America's Historical Newspapers.
  7. ↑ Sides, Patricia (March 29, 2016). "History Lesson: Fourth and Ingle Streets". Evansville Courier & Press (Ind.). pp. 10B. Retrieved August 26, 2026 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
  8. ↑ Department of the Interior. National Park Service. (03/02/1934 - ). Indiana MPS Evansville Brewing Company. RG 79: Records of the National Park Service. p. 2 – via National Archives.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "Evansville Brewery "Minnehaha" Beer (advertisement)". The Evansville Courier (1888-1998), Evansville, Ind. August 30, 1891. p. 12. Retrieved August 13, 2026 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
  10. ↑ "Evansville Brewing (advertisement)". Evansville Courier (Ind.). April 1, 1893. p. 3. Retrieved August 26, 2026.
  11. ↑ ""The Evansville Brewery (notice)"". The Evansville Courier (1888-1998), Evansville, Ind. March 25, 1898. p. 3. Retrieved August 13, 2026 – via ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
  12. ↑ "Evansville Brewery sued: Sullivan merchants claim damages for mis-representation". The Evansville Courier (1888-1998), Evansville, Ind. July 31, 1908. p. 3. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
  13. ↑ "Temperance Drinks are on Trial". Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican (Ind.). Vol. 40, no. 86. July 7, 1908. p. 1. Retrieved August 25, 2026 – via Hoosier State Chronicles.
  14. ↑ "Historic Evansville - Sterling Brewery". historicevansville.com. Retrieved August 13, 2026.
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