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Who really designed the Lemp Brewery’s buildings?

One of my favorite books in the collection of the Missouri History Museum Archives is Edmund Jungenfeld & Co’s 1892 Portfolio of Breweries and Other Kindred Plants. This little book is a treasure ...
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A never-before published panoramic view of the Lemp brewery buildings before their demolition

One of the difficulties of studying the architecture of the Lemp Brewery is the relatively few number of historic photographs surviving from the 19th century, or even the last years of its existence ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Another collapse at St. Louis’ Lemp Brewery: ‘Mother Nature did some of the demolition for us.’

A section of Lemp Brewery in St. Louis is exposed Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025, after a collapse. The St. Louis Fire Department said it was called to the brewery, at 1315 Cherokee Street, at about 1:40 a.m.
Southeast Missourian

Cheers to beer: St. Louis exhibit shows the history of beer and breweries

ST. LOUIS — Budweiser may seem like a staple beer in St. Louis, but it hasn't always been that way. "From Kettle to Keg" is an exhibit at the Missouri Historical Museum in St. Louis ...