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OMB Approval No. 1024-0018 NPS Form 10.900 -a (8-86) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7,8 Page 2 South Bend Brewing Association St. Joseph County IN The same is true of several interior wooden doors: The upper. level floors (photo 5) and unused parts of the lower floors presently are strewn with debris and vast deposits of pigeon dung; the current owner is engaged in a lengthy cleanup process. The.original part of the former bottling facility (photo 6) at 739 College is a two - and -a- half -story (two stories over a raised basement) rectangular brick building, flat - roofed with a parapet and corbelled corner detail on the main east facade. Centered below the cornice is a limestone tablet on which is carved BOTTLING HOUSE /1910. The flat- arched rectangular window openings have limestone sills; those that are not boarded contain what appear to be original one - over - one wooden double -hung sashes. There is a single (boarded) entrance at the north end of the east facade. On the north side is a small frame shed addition along the alley. In the 1930s a one - and -a - half story L- shaped portion was added to the south and west, creating a larger rectangular building. On that section on the north, along the alley, is a one -story addition. Extending west and to the south from that is a huge plain concrete block addition, about two stories in height. NARRATIVE STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE - The South Bend Brewing Association is a wonderful example of a turn -of- the - century industrial building specifically designed for its task of brewing beer. An early twentieth - century publicly owned consortium, as opposed to a multi - generational family business, the brewing company was an important contributor to the area's economy. As the former home of a locally produced, regionally distributed product, the South Bend Brewing Association buildings are eligible for the National Register of Historic Places under Criterion A in the area of industry. The main building (1636 Lincolnway West) has been designated a Local Landmark by the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St.Joseph County.