Lemp Brewery
Former Lemp Brewery, Cherokee Street, St Loius. Once the biggest brewery in St Louis it is built upon a complex of natural caves which were once used for the lagering of beer. William J. Lemp took over the business and purchased the property that would become the Lemp Brewery industrial complex in 1864. The Brewery consists of 27 buildings. The Brewery closed with Prohibition in 1919 and the complex was purchased by the International Shoe Company in 1922 who occupied it until approximately 1980. Since then it has been semi-occupied by various tenants for light industrial, commercial, and warehousing uses, office space, and artist studios.
Lemp Brewery
Former Lemp Brewery, Cherokee Street, St Loius. Once the biggest brewery in St Louis it is built upon a complex of natural caves which were once used for the lagering of beer. William J. Lemp took over the business and purchased the property that would become the Lemp Brewery industrial complex in 1864. The Brewery consists of 27 buildings. The Brewery closed with Prohibition in 1919 and the complex was purchased by the International Shoe Company in 1922 who occupied it until approximately 1980. Since then it has been semi-occupied by various tenants for light industrial, commercial, and warehousing uses, office space, and artist studios.