Pabst Brewing Company Complex
- Vicinity: Roughly bounded by Highland Ave, 11th, Winnebago and 9th Sts
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| Hoffmann, Charles | Architect | |||||
| Otto Strack | Architect | |||||
| 1844/00/00 | German immigrant Jacob Best and his sons establish the Empire Brewery in Milwaukee, WI and produce 300 barrels of Best Select lager in their first year. | Pabst Blue Ribbon | ||||
| 1860/00/00 | Frederick Pabst | Owner | Phillip Best, son of Jacob Best, takes control of the brewery and renames the it Phillip Best Company. His new son-in-law, steamship captain Frederick Pabst, sells his shipping interest and buys a partnership stake in the brewery. | |||
| 1872/00/00 | Frederick Pabst | President | Phillip Best Company produces 100,000 barrels, becoming the second largest brewery in the US. Captain Frederick Pabst becomes Pesident of the company. | |||
| 1882/00/00 | Pabst's begins hand-tying a blue silk ribbon around the neck of each Best Select beer. | Pabst Blue Ribbon | ||||
| 1892/00/00 | Pabst Brewing | Brewer | Pabst Brewing Company buys nearly 1 million feet of silk ribbon per year, which workers tie by hand around each bottle of Best Select. | Pabst Blue Ribbon | ||
| 1898/00/00 | Pabst Brewing | Brewer | Pabst brewery produces one million barrels and renames Best Select to Pabst Blue Ribbon. | Pabst Blue Ribbon | ||
| 1907/00/00 | Pabst's Brewing output reaches two million barrels per year. The company invites visitors to receive tours of the brewery. | |||||
| 1916/00/00 | Pabst Brewing | Brewer | World War I leads to a worldwide silk shortage that puts an end to the practice of hand-tying blue silk ribbon around each bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon. | Pabst Blue Ribbon |
| Particulars for Pabst Brewing Company Complex: | |
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| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Architectural Style | Late Victorian |
| Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
| Architectural Style | Modern Movement |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Owner | Private |
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