The Sprenger Brewery, also known as the Excelsior Brewery Complex, is an historic, American brewery complex that is located in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Sprenger Brewery | |
Location | 125-131 E. King St., Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°2′19″N 76°18′10″W / 40.03861°N 76.30278°W |
Area | 0.4 acres (0.16 ha) |
Built | c. 1857, 1873, c. 1910 |
Built by | Sprenger, John Abraham |
Architectural style | Second Empire |
NRHP reference No. | 79002257[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 27, 1979 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
History and architectural features
editThis complex consists of five buildings and an open area. The Excelsior Hall was built in 1873, and is a four-story building that measures thirty-three feet by 105 feet. It features a Victorian storefront that once housed the brewery saloon and a restored heavy, sculptural mansard roof in the Second Empire style. The remaining buildings are a two-story building with stone basement vaults built circa 1857, a forty-nine-foot by sixty-nine-foot infill building that was built circa 1910; a Victorian warehouse that measures forty-four feet, six inches by eight-eight feet, six inches, and a two-story, brick stable.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-02-25. Note: This includes Levengood Associates (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sprenger Brewery" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-25.