Spieth and Krug Brewery - Bozeman, MT
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N 45° 40.754 W 111° 01.977
12T E 497433 N 5058409
A primary contributor to Bozeman's Main Street Historic District, the first Spieth and Krug Brewery was one of the original buildings in the district.
Waymark Code: WMWZHC
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2017
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Built in 1882-83, the original brewery was a two story wood framed building which happened to burn down prompting this, its replacement, to be built of brick, not wood. At the time construction in Bozeman was racing along so quickly that bricks became in short supply. One need not look too closely at the building to see that the bricks on the second storey do not match those of the first. This, along with the fact that the second storey was an afterthought, for which bricks had to be purchased after the bricks for the first story, explains why.
The impressive Italianate building remained part of the brewery until 1892, when the brewery business was acquired by Julius Lehrkind. In 1895 he then built a new brewery on North Wallace Avenue and the building was acquired by Daniel Maxey, an entrepreneur who owned coal mines east of Bozeman. Maxey added a one storey addition to the rear of the building at this time.
Spieth and Krug had used the upper floor as a dance hall and social meeting place, this continuing for some years after its purchase by Maxey. Since that time a number of saloons and other businesses have occupied the lower floor, while the upper floor was used less as the years went by. Today the building is home to a "Pita Pit" and "Five on Five", a Brazilian grill, with a third space unoccupied at present.
Spieth is spelled both "Spieth" and "Speith" in the documentation. Given that the name is on the front of the building in the old photo below, we can say that the proper spelling is "Spieth".
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