Property Record
915-917 W JUNEAU AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Pabst Brewing Company Main Office |
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| Other Name: | Pabst Brewing Company Buisiness Office, Building #27 |
| Contributing: | Yes |
| Reference Number: | 31740 |
| Location (Address): | 915-917 W JUNEAU AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
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| Year Built: | 1858 |
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| Additions: | 1892 1880 |
| Survey Date: | 2000 |
| Historic Use: | large office building |
| Architectural Style: | German Renaissance Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | FERRY AND CLAS (1880); OTTO STARCK (1892) |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Pabst Brewing Company Complex |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 11/14/2003 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 7/18/2003 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property named 'Pabst Brewing Company'. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. Part of Pabst Brewing Company Complex. Locally designated in 1985. 1890 addition designed by Ferry & Clas. FOUNDED IN 1842 by Jacob Best. It was known as the Best Brewery until the name was changed to Pabst in 3/1889. THIS IS MILWAUKEE'S OLDEST EXTANT BREWERY. ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST. "One of Milwaukee's oldest breweries, the Pabst firm began in 1844 when Jacob Best brewed lager beer in his basement. Twenty years later Best's son Philip took on his son-in-law, Captain Frederick Pabst, as a full partner in the company. After Philip Best's retirement in 1866, Pabst joined forces with Best's second son-in-law, Emil Schandein. The brewery was given its present name in 1889, and to remind the public that the Philip Best Brewing Company was now doing business as the Pabst Brewing Company, Captain Pabst coined the slogan,"He drinks BEST who drinks PABST." There are forty-one structures in the brewery complex, constructed at different times and in different architectural styles. The photograph illustrates a castellated section built in the late 19th century." Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A Palmer, University Extension The University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Kilbourntown Walking Tour, 1967. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MILWAUKEE SENTINEL 7/23/1885. MILWAUKEE SENTINEL 4/18/1880. BUILDING PERMITS. MILWAUKEE ETHNIC COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS TOUR, CITY OF MILWAUKEE DEPARTMENT OF CITY DEVELOPMENT, SEPTEMBER 1994. Pagel, Mary Ellen & Virginia A Palmer, University Extension The University of Wisconsin, Guides to Historic Milwaukee: Kilbourntown Walking Tour, 1967. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |