In 1895, four local brewers came together to create a complex that would produce over 300,000 barrels of beer annually and would eventually be known as Dubuque Brewing & Malting Company. The plant, at 224,000 sq ft, was smaller only to its counterparts in St. Louis and Milwaukee and was considered to be the most modern of its time. While the company met its demise in 1915 due to prohibition in Iowa (prior to the Federal enactment in 1919), the property remained critically important to local commerce. Following rumors of Al Capone shipping beer out of the building in milk cans during prohibition, it was used extensively by Corn Belt Packing...read more
Cooling
None
Heating
Other
Stories
5.0 Stories
Water
Public
Year Built
Built in 1893
Property Type
Commercial - Retail
Basement
Other
Cooling
None
Days on Site
673
Exterior
Brick
Foundation
Rock
Fuel Type
Other
Heating
Other
Lot Dimensions
122989
Lot Size
122,989
Parcel #
1013106015, Multiple
Roof Type
Other
Sewer
Public Sewer
Stories
5.0
Water
Public
Year Built
1893
Zoning
C4