Pabst Brewery and Mansion

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I always spend a day or two cruising and admiring these surviving beauties. It is very refreshing to see the craftsmanship and design from more than a century ago when everything was made by hand. No power tools. Horses and mules and block and tackle raised these buildings.

 

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1895 Schlitz tied warehouse.

 

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A lot of old building have ghost signs (advertising) painted on the buildings. A lot of times the paint fades and you see the signs that were on the buildings 100 years ago. Look at the area left and right above the door.

 

[LocuMob]

Any meaning behind the red door color, or just coincidence?

 

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1890 Miller tied bar. I've been in this place hundreds of times. The cupola is no longer on the building.

 

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[sixpkrt]

When I look at this architecture in this thread, it amazes me how skilled the craftsmen were in their trade back then, as compared today when you'd be lucky to find a plumbed wall in a new home.
This is inside the Catholic church in Dayton our family went to every Sunday where I was an alter boy when I was young. My dad, still goes there.
Could you imagine being a carpenter at the top of a scaffold near the ceiling when it was under construction, and realize you need to climb back down because he forgot a certain tool?

 

[MoPar Maniac]

Harley Davidson brothers 1914.

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Uhh...which of the three Davidson brothers are these two?

 

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That is a nice church!

 

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1894 Pabst tavern

 

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Today.....

 

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Back in the News: 1870s Office Building Now a Mansion

 

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