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INDIANA HISTORIC SITES AND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES STRUCTURES INVENTORY (SUPPLEMENTAL SHEET) 0. State Form 42881(11-88) lele' STATE OF INDIANA Name I Survey/ Site Number Address (Street and number) County 1.536 Lincolnway West "South Bend Brewing Association" City 1 Township Additional Information (Use reverse side for drawing) The brick building at 16,36 Lincolnway West was built in 1905 IJI r-!,VCI y f,llt•.1 VI r 1,d`� I VI I..}ItY JVUI.II �3�'lIC] �( f'IN111<? ftiS �'OC;1ciGLC�11. Its design, with. different tiers and decreasing heights towards LI It7 1 C.:31 1 , r for brewing; the systema was based on gravity flow assisted by j -u IIIN .411y 0. 111a (ItJl�l.11l!-1. IIR� IIVI l.GVlllr d.l J'" f - ,'. t. u 1 15 1 •J 1 15 I I I .. I I C I :;; d 1 contained power, heating, refrigeration equipment and loading fuIiLI�- ::,. The South Bend Brewing Association was founded in 1903 by a :.il Ju}--' V � ..i �J 1.1 LII ES s�llf� .=•fXliJ iJll i��; c71-./tdl J 1�1 .I IIIQI 1l Y V r i V 11:�Il , '._']CI Illdll and Hungarian descent. They organized in order- to manufacture and 1 } tai :J ..11.41.4: IJ 7G1 I'Il r IIIC.-II lJ:�..�Cill LI I,: J. 1 f -i l 111 wi Lh : irowi :. ,:.1 � 1G:Jt �.. .l •.J II .! i' $100,000.00 made by selling 10,000 shares of stock- 1=- the (and of 1 E. � I'_ h F,- ._. :ry, w,' 1. 1 •.a t .1. '•� i I 1.v •� .; 1 � .;i : i I 1�-f _.:.7, l V V I I 1 r.t I V 1J. I I f.l I. I 1 � 1. 1 I_ j. �_! "r I,. i I • end of thf� �(next Year they were in control of ten, man- on the Jv �t Yid:- I l.. •J Uv 11 4R�I . I ' 1 ICI .. ..I IG / ..1111.. I.1 It71 �-. 1 1� A '.. 1JbV 1111111 .L ;-1 i 111..• Pr.imaril;,, located. T r, '- - I f✓ 1 �•�1��; �� :' ' iiia a. i�l r 1 v.a llV l"..J 1 I I I_I I ✓' C•� 1 l Y y 1,q I •7 4U <y 1 q 1 1 :•d ^•= I :: 111.( Hoosier Beer. The first manager was Jerry Voelkers who was given 1I ( i a 1.•' r �• rr ..J :v t i. f l n N 1 1 1 ♦! I 1� t,l }i �� V �_. 1 i\ C 1 ,:? VJ CI ;._� _. t_I r 1 I I I .� 11 !N I I lJ I ri, l previously been involved in the plumbing btasiness. He died in 1?1 L jjV 4 a-3 1" �liA 4'1a L, I kf.f Q11 . After the Volstead Act and t1j,2 restrictions of Prohibition in 1 ? 1 ? , t h:::. 1-! •- 4+ 1-%•� .L •:7 1...6 1 J 1 1 � I I C1 1 1 �•lI C:: 1„. i �...-r L 114 1 L C: 1 Q I I la 1.1 `� `• i •^. I I L 1J manufacture ice cream, candy, cereal beverages, soft drinks :ind �ra.1L ext, ..tom, Th1�, u1�1� I✓. `�:a11 Ji"t illill� L 1a 1 7 L. ta. l L lJ 111•f .� I+L' 1 industrial purposes. In 1922 the firm's name was changed tri the In 1922 George Voedlscryh, a twenty-five year employee of �'�'=��..C.+ �I 1 v'i' •� IBJ �.. F f 1 i j .^.; v �..i t I`I L• Ii +a y U C:1..._.111 c r= 1 •� •� .L 1_�'c 111, ca 1 I J Q_ 1 1 C I Q I Manager of the firm. The V6edisch family remained associated with th'� until th._ �. _ J.v,`.1_.r. y I. August of 1840. His son^ 1; '.JJ�a. �1�1J �•"-,,-li �.`_II 1.1.1.1 111 , Hugo (Ike) and John, tol: k control rr r .J .: hli :e Tli... vl ...1'.a e::lll., :.7111) I ll..i 1:1 'J I.I I•.= I 1.. .. _.•:7111,-: v ic:=-president . Hugo died in 1945. Information Sources Prepared By I Date