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Historical Highway MarkersJames River Steam BreweryV-55
Nearby stood the James River Steam Brewery, built in 1866 during a national boom in beer production. The five-story facility contributed to Richmond's post-Civil War industrial recovery, and its beer garden served as a community center. David G. Yuengling Jr., part-owner, was the oldest son of the founder of D. G. Yuengling and Son in Pennsylvania, now considered the nation’s oldest continuously operating brewery. The James River brewery featured steam-powered equipment and an extensive underground warehouse or "lager" for storage and fermentation. The business closed by 1879 in the aftermath of a national economic crisis. A fire in 1891 destroyed the main building, but the cellars survive.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: Richmond Daily Dispatch, 23 Dec. 1865, 8 Jan. 1867, 4 Feb., 19 Oct. 1868, 14 Jan., 18 Sept., 30 July, 8 Nov. 1869, 29 June, 13 Nov. 1874, 18 March 1878. Richmond Whig, 25 Jan., 5, 8, 12 Feb. 1867, 25 Dec. 1868, 25 Dec. 1874. James River Steam Brewery Cellars, National Register of Historic Places nomination (2014). Lee Graves, Richmond Beer: A History of Brewing in the River City (Charleston, S.C.: American Palate, 2014). Lee Graves, Virginia Beer: A Guide from Colonial Days to Craft’s Golden Age (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2018). Maureen Ogle, Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer (Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., 2006). |