History of the Brewery Artist Colony and Los Angeles
Brewery folk are often asked about the history of this place. We've heard some tales of things that have supposedly happened here over the years which definitely never happened, and many, many misconceptions about the evolution of The Brewery. That said...
With no intenion of dispelling any myth or mystique threaded through our unique community, we offer these stories of interest relating to downtown and East Los Angeles, the Brewery itself, and a few of the people who've passed through here.
At 451 N. Hill Street in Downtown Los Angeles, a memorial wall dominates the side of a building. It depicts an important moment in California history, in particular, Los Angeles’ emergence as an American city.
The memorial wall, Fort Moore Pioneer Monument, is a reminder of the importance Fort Moore Hill had in the City of Angels. Over the years, the hill held a fort, an exclusive estate, cemetery, a high school, a brewery and beer garden, and a few other oddities. It was one of the city’s greatest gem, and one of its lost treasures.
Time has not been kind to this hill; progress swept much of what was on it away. And, what wasn’t removed was covered by urban sprawl. It’s a shame considering that the hill was where Los Angeles emerged as a modern metropolis.
Joseph Maier
(Oct. 30, 1851 – July 11, 1905)
May 13, 2013 -- In the 1870s, Eberhard Anheuser and Aldolphus Busch were just starting to build their brewery empire in St. Louis. Other recent immigrants were doing the same thing in other cities -- Frederick Miller, Frederick Pabst and Joseph Schlitz in Milwaukee; Bernhard Stroh in Detroit; and Adolph Coors in Golden, Colo.
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