Hamm Brewery, Saint Paul, Minnesota
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| Address: | Minnehaha Avenue E |
| Neighborhood/s: | Dayton's Bluff, Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| City/locality- State/province | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| County- State/province: | Ramsey County, Minnesota |
| State/province: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States |
| Year Established: | 1865 |
| Historic Function: | Industrial site |
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In 1860 Andrew T. Keller established the Pittsburgh Brewery on this site, one of at least four breweries built on the banks of Phalen Creek. In 1864 the brewery was purchased by Theodore Hamm (1825-1903), who came to St. Paul his his wife Lousia Bucholtz Hamm in 1856 and operated a boarding house and saloon near W. 7th Street for seven years. By 1878 Hamm had transformed the 500-barrel-a-year Keller brewery into a 5,000-barrel-a-year business. By 1882 the brewery produced 26,000 barrels pre year and by 1885 the complex had grown to 4 acres. Their son, William Hamm suceeded his father as president of the brewery and under his leadership, it became the largest brewery in the state and a nationally known company.
Hamm's Brewery is historically significant as one of the most famous of the twelve breweries which once operated in St. Paul, making the city the brewing capitol of the state. [1]
His son, William, and grandson, William Jr. inherited the operation in 1903. During Prohibition the company survived by producing soft drinks and other food products, leaving it in a position to expand rapidly through acquisitions after the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. In 1968 the company was acquired by the Heublein Brewing Company, which sold it to Olympia Brewing Company. In 1980 Olympia merged with Pabst, which was acquired by Stroh's in 1984 and it by Miller Brewing in 1999, and that in turn by South African Breweries later that year. The future of the brand is uncertain. There is limited distribution in North America. [1]Contents |
Site History
On June 15, 1933 William Hamm Jr. grandson of the brewery's founder was kidnapped near the brewery (at the corner of Minnehaha and Greenbrier, now obscured by the brewerys buildings) while he was walking toward his home.[1]
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Photos of Theodore Hamm Brewing Company in Minnesota Historical Society Photo Collection
