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The Brewhouse is architecturally significant because it is the single building in the Schlitz complex which is most clearly Richardsonian Romanesque style. Several of the others have some features, but the use of multiple round arch openings, corner towers and an eclectic facade treatment are clearly Richardsonian.
ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
The Schlitz Brewhouse is a six-story building with limestone trim, designed in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It has rusticated stone used for the foundation and for several large arch openings. The north elevation is divided into six bays, articulated by pilasters and small setbacks of wall planes. The southermost unit is completelt different; it has no windows, instead incorpating tall, thin panels. The remaining five bays are essentially symmetrical, with some small exceptions. The center three are five stories high, while the bays on each side are six. The ground floor is treated as a base, being separated from the next three floors by a horizontal stone belt course and the use of rusticated stone arches at grade. Floors two through four employ groups of rectangular double-hung sash, except for an arched opening in the center of the fourth floor. Another stone belt course and the use of different windows separates the fifth floor. The large half-round arched openings of the ground floor are repeated directly above on the fifth. The sixth floor consists of two separate tower-like units at opposite sides of the facade. That to the north has a steep hipped roof, while a gable roof is used to the south. At the top of the center bay is a Schlitz sign which reads, "BREWHOUSE 1890." The interior construction is iron columns, concrete floors, and steel roof trusses. (1982 photo - 34-32)
Construction Date, 1890. (B)
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:
The Schlitz Brewhouse was constructed in 1890. The 1910 Sanborn Insurance Map indicates the building housed hop tanks, brew kettles, and mash tanks. In the copper brew kettles extract of malt and other grains were flavored with hops.
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