Spieth and Krug Brewery Building
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Built in 1883, the Spieg and Krug Brewery was Bozeman's first brewery.
Backstory and Context
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Jacob Spieg born in 1833 and immigrated to the United States in 1854. He farmed in the midwest before heading west in search of gold, first to Colorado and then to Montana. Charles Krug was born in 1840 and arrived in America in 1856. He also farmed for a while, in Missouri, until he went west to mine for gold in 1864. Three years later, he arrived in Bozeman, where he met Spieg. In 1892, after both men died, the brewery was sold to new owners—Henry Hellinger and Louis Hanson—who later sold it to Julius Lehrkind in 1895.
The Maxey name comes from Daniel Maxy, who owned mines near Bozeman and, it appears, the former brewery building. He remodeled it and hosted social gatherings on the second floor. Over the next several decades up to now, various businesses have occupied the first floor. In 1956, the Bozeman Trades Union and Labor Council renovated the second floor and met there for a few years. Later, a restaurant occupied the second floor around the 1980s.
Sources
DeHaas, John N. "Spieth and Krug Brewery Building." National Park Service - National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. April 19, 1984. https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/edea0efa-ef37-4fa1-8475-e69e062aa000.
The Montana National Register Sign Program. "Spieth & Krug Brewery (Maxey Block)." Montana Historical Society. Accessed July 6, 2020. http://digitalvault.mhs.mt.gov/items/show/21087.
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spieth_%26_Krug_Brewery_-_Bozeman.jpg