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NPS Form I D -900-a (8-86) 1 7- 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 0MG AppovaIND. T024.W18 St. Joseph County IN The'same is true of several interior wooden doors. The upper ,level floors (photo 5) and unused parts of the lowerfloors 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 woodendouble-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, alohg_the alley, is'a one-storyaddition. -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 alm'ulti-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."