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STAFF REPORT <br />CONCERNING APPLICATION FOR A <br />CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />Application Number: <br />Property Location: <br />2000-0703 <br />1636 Lincolnway West <br />Property Owner: Ethel Anderson <br />Landmark or District Designation: LL <br />Rating: S/11 Key Number: <br />Survey Number: <br />STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE/HISTORIC CONTEXT <br />REFERENCE TO GOVERNING STANDARDS: <br />The brick building at 1636 Lincolnway West was built in 1905 as a brewery and <br />office space for the South Bend Brewing Association. Its design, with different tiers and <br />decreasing heights towards the rear, reflects the process of brewing beer. Height was <br />needed for brewing because the system was based on gravity flow assisted by pumping <br />and hoisting. The horizontal extensions in the rear contained power, heating, <br />refrigeration equipment and loading facilities. <br />The South Bend Brewing Association was founded in 1903 by a group of South <br />bend saloonkeepers, who were primarily of Polish, German and Hungarian descent. By <br />the end of 1905 the association was leasing saloons around the city, many of which were <br />located on the west side of town where they and their fellow immigrants resided. The <br />brewery's main products in the early years were Tiger and Hoosier Beer. After the <br />Volstead Act and the restrictions of Prohibition began in 1919, the Association changed <br />its charter and began to manufacture ice cream, candy, cereal beverages, soft drinks and <br />malt extracts. They also distilled denatured alcohol for industrial purposes. In 1922 the <br />firm's name was changed to the South Bend Beverage and Ice Association. <br />