Property Record
2146 RIVERSIDE DR
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HOCHGREVE BREWING COMPANY |
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| Other Name: | GREEN BAY SAUSAGE CO |
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| Reference Number: | 1769 |
| Location (Address): | 2146 RIVERSIDE DR |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Allouez |
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| Year Built: | 1874 |
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| Survey Date: | 2012 |
| Historic Use: | brewery |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | August Hochgreve was born in Germany in 1832, where he learned the brewing and barrel making trades. He immigrated to Allouez in 1852. In partnership with Henry Rahr, he founded Bellevue Brewery in 1857 in a non-extant building on the Fox River. In 1865, the partnership ended when Rahr established Rahr Brewing Company in Green Bay. Hochgreve continued brewing in Allouez under the name Hochgreve Brewing Company. In 1874, Hochgreve constructed a new, 3-story brick building to house his expanding business. Around this same time, Hochgreve had a prominent brick house constructed for his family immediately north of the brewery. As evidence by historic photographs, the house originally featured a heavily ornamented wrap-around porch, which has since been removed. Several additional non-extant buildings were later constructed by Hochgreve nearby, including a second brick house for other family members, seven houses for workers across the road, and several more south of the brewery. A non-extant monumental fountain, crowned with a statue of a swan, was once located in front of the brewery. When August Hochgreve died in 1877, his wife Caroline continued operation of the brewery, eventually aided by their son, Adolph. Prohibition halted production at the brewery in the 1920s. After Adolph’s death in 1932, another son, Christian, reestablished the brewery as the C. Hochgreve Brewing Co, which continued to operate after his death in 1938. The brewery ultimately closed in 1949. Fox River Valley Survey. F roll negatives filed with Fox River Valley Survey project. NAER INVENTORY (07/1979): Founded in 1857 by August Hochgreve and Henry Rahr, the Bellevue Brewery was located 2 1/2 miles south of Green Bay in Allouez. Hochgreve operated the business alone from 1865 until his death in 1893 (Rahr having established his own brewery in Green Bay in 1866). His widow Caroline took control forming the Hochgreve Brewing Co. in 1894. A new bottling house was built in 1900. Upon her death, the company was left to two sons, Adolph and Chris. The brewery remained in existance until 1949 when the facilities were leased to August A. Reimer for sausage manufacture. All the buildings are either brick or frame with brick exerior. They have had additions as none of the buildings were originally more than two stories. What used to be the office is brick with segmental arch type windows. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Gullickson, Denis. “Green Bay breweries- a short history.” Green Bay Scene Newspaper July 2012, page 6. O’Connel, Patricia Hochgreve. “2200 Riverside Drive (Schenck Building, 2006). 2006. (A.) Kroll, Wayne L., BADGER BREWERIES PAST AND PRESENT, Wayne L. Kroll, Jefferson, WI, 1976, p. 119. (B.) "Hochgreve and Rahr Started Here in 1858," GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, July 1934, Wisconsin Tercentennial Edition, p. 16, Food Section. (C.) Marilynn Brickson, grandaughter of A. Hochgreve, interviewed by N. Senn (09/1980). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |