Best Brewing Company of Chicago Building - Chicago, IL
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adgorn
N 41° 56.328 W 087° 39.750
16T E 445080 N 4643193
Quick Description: Produced beer until prohibition, then restarted, shutting down in 1961; now residential. Near Belmont & Southport.
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 4/15/2009 7:51:37 AM
Waymark Code: WM673E
Views: 13
Long Description:
The Best Brewing Company purchased an existing brewery at 1317 Fletcher Avenue (near Belmont and Southport) in 1891. The Best Brewery expanded two years later to include machine, brew, mill, boiler, and engine houses. The brewery, which abutted a railroad spur line to the east, stood on a block which was otherwise residential. After the brewery shut down in 1961, the buildings were eventually renovated as housing units.
This site is listed as a "District" to encompass the multiple buildings, which are all part of the housing renovation.
Street address:
1315 - 1317 W. Fletcher
Chicago, IL USA
60657
County / Borough / Parish: Cook County
Year listed: 1987
Historic significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Period of significance: 1875-1899, 1900-1924, 1925-1949
Historic function: Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current function: Commerce/Trade
Privately owned?: yes
Season start / Season finish: From: 1/1/2009 To: 12/31/2009
Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM
[U.S.] National Register of Historic Places URL: [Web Link]
Website (secondary): Not listed
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