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Photos of Milwaukee Breweries


Surviving Milwaukee Brewery Buildings - Pabst Brewing Co.
King Gambrinus The Pabst Brewery in Milwaukee circa 1900. From an old publicity booklet.
King Gambrinus King Gambrinus once welcomed visitors to the Milwaukee Brewery. From an old postcard.
King Gambrinus, forelorn and forgotten Gambrinus ponders his fate following the brewery's closing, locked away in a forgotten courtyard near the Pabst offices. Photo by Jim Sponholz taken in August, 1998.
The Pabst Logo The Pabst Logo, on the door of the Distribution Center building (1977) at 824 W. Juneau St. The "B" stands for Best, as in Jacob Best, the brewery owner whose family Captain Frederick Pabst married into.
Pabst Brewery Door Door at the old Jefferson School building/Pabst Offices. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery South of Highland St. Looking west on Juneau Street toward the Corporate Office (1883), combined with the old Jefferson School (1858). Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery West on Juneau St., 2008 A similar view, taken May 9, 2008. The Malt House is in the distance on the left. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Malt House, 2008 The Malt House (1882), taken in June, 2006. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Malt House, 2008 The Malt House, taken May 9, 2008 from across I-43. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Malt House, 2008 Rear of the Malt House, taken May 9, 2008 from 10th & Highland looking north. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Malt House, 1907 The Malt House as it appeared in "The Great Pabst Brewery Milwaukee." (Milwaukee, Wis.: Pabst Brewing Company, 1907); Online facsimile at: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1210
Pabst Brewery Bottling House The Bottle House, 1889. Photo taken from Juneau Street looking southwest. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Bottling House The Bottle House, taken from 10th and Highland Street looking northeast, May 9, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Bottling House The Bottle House, taken from 9th and Highland Street looking west, May 9, 2008. The plywood covers the missing overhead walkway (below). Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Bottling House Walkway Walkway between the Bottle House and the Distribution Center on Highland, removed in 2007. Photo taken in April, 2006 by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Sign The Distribution Center. Looking north on 8th St. from Highland Street, May 13, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Sign The Mill House/Power House, 1891. Looking north from Highland Street. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Garage The Pabst Garage (Keg House) abutting Winnebago Street. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery South of the Keg House, including the Rack Room (1886) and Storage Cellar No. 1. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery The Storage Cellar No. 1 building (1933), 902 W. Juneau Street. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery looking north from Highland Looking north from Highland Street toward the Storage Cellar and Stockhouse buildings on Juneau Street. Milwaukee County had leased this parking lot for employee parking during demolition of the nearby Courthouse Annex parking structure. Photo by Jim Sponholz taken in April of 2006.
Pabst Brewery looking north from Highland Another view north from Highland Street toward the Stockhouses with demolition in progress, May 13, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Forst Keller The Forst Keller, 1872. Originally the First German Methodist Church, later the Forst Keller restaurant on the lower level and Pabst employee training center on the upper level. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Forst Keller, rear view Rear of the Forst Keller, taken from 12th St. across I-43. Photo by Jim Sponholz, May 9, 2008.
Pabst Brewery Tank Logo Tank Logo, on Winnebago Street west of the Keg House. Tank was removed in 2007. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Keg House The Keg House, on Winnebago Street. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery 11th St. The view from Winnebago Street south on 11th St. toward the Dry House (1894) and Research Lab (1910). Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Paint Shop, Wagon Shop and research Lab The Wagon Shop, Pilot Brewery (1910), Paint Shop and Research Lab, from 12th street looking east across I-43. Photo taken May 9, 2008 by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Research Lab The Research Lab undergoing renovation. Photo taken May 21, 2008 by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Storage Building being demoed The demolition begins. Once a definitive plan was in place for turning Pabst into what will become The Brewery, developed by Milwaukee philanthropist Joseph Zilber, newer buildings that didn't fit the plans were slated for demolition. Here aging tanks in this liquid storage building have been exposed for removal and recycling, following extended use of a wrecking ball on the walls. Photo by Jim Sponholz taken on June 13, 2007.
Northwest side of property Overview of the northwest portion of the brewery property, taken from 12th & Vliet, May 2, 2008. The digital advertising sign was added to the grain elevator in February, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Storage Cellar being demoed General view of the demolition, with the towering Fermenting Storage Building No. 6 and Storage Cellar No. 5 in background, Yeast Plant and Engineering/General Storehouse Building in the foreground, taken from 12th & Vliet. May 6, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
A view down 10th St. A look down 10th St. from Winnebago showing the Engineering/General Storehouse (1882, 1909), Brew House (1877) and Mill House (1891), May 2, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Another view of 10th St. The other, less fortunate, side of 10th St. from Winnebago, showing the Yeast Plant (1919) and Fermenting Storage Building No. 6 (1951), May 6, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Storage Cellar being demoed The Rack Room has been demolished and Storage Cellar No. 1 is almost gone. Storage Cellar No. 2 (1870-75/1926) shows its substantial internal structure on the right. Taken May 2, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Another view, Pabst Brewery Storage Cellar being demoed Another view of the ongoing demolition, May 2, 2008, in the area of "Block 4" of the renovation zone destined for parking spaces and new construction. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
More tanks recovered More tanks recovered in the demolition, May 9, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Tanks cut up The tanks get cut up, flattened and recycled, May 27, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
View from 8th St. looking west A look west from 8th Street, May 9, 2008, showing Storage Cellar 2 demolition. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Another view, Pabst Brewery Stockrooms being demoed The view on May 15, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
View from 8th St. looking west View from the front, May 15, 2008, showing Storage Cellar No. 2 demolition. Water sprayers try to keep the dust down following collapse of a portion of the front of the building. Storage Cellar No. 5 is next. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Rubble By May 21, 2008, nothing left but rubble. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Rubble Work has also been progressing on the upper floors of the Fermenting Storage Building No. 6 (1951), north of the Bottle House and adjacent to Stock House No. 5. Brick and rubble are piled at the base of the building in this scene from June 17, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Wrecking Ball The wrecking ball casts a long shadow on Storage Cellar 5 prior to impact. Photo taken May 27, 2008 by Jim Sponholz.
Wrecking from the ground up After the wrecking ball opens up the upper floors, the ground forces with wrecking extensions on their booms attack from below. Here a portion of an upper floor of Stockhouse 5 collapses. Photo taken May 30, 2008 by Jim Sponholz.
Stockhouse 5, June 5, 2008 Storage Cellar 5 on June 5, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Storage Cellar 5 and Fermenting Storage No. 6, June 26, 2008 A Brandenburg crane is perched on the compacted rubble of Storage Cellar 5 to crush support columns and topple walls of the adjacent Fermenting Storage Building No. 6. Photo by Jim Sponholz, June 26, 2008.
Fermenting Storage No. 6, June 26, 2008 The fourth floor of the Fermenting Storage Building No. 6 has just collapsed, following removal of a supporting column. June 26, 2008 photo by Jim Sponholz.
Keg House/Garage Renovation Begins Renovation has begun on the Keg House/Garage along Winnebago, May 6, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Sign A good place to stay out of, what with all of the buildings coming down! From Winnebago St., May 2, 2008. Photo by Jim Sponholz.
Pabst Brewery Sign One year later, the Keg House (right) is open for renters and a new parking structure rises from the footprint of the Rack Room. From Winnebago St., May 14, 2009. Photo by Jim Sponholz.

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