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2 B St

Blk 26

Wood frame buildings at corner of B and Railroad streets.

1884 - Bavaria Brewery

1886 - Lot 6-7 Blk 26 Weber & Foster owners (tax)

1888 - Bavaria Brewery, Joseph Weber proprietor

1890 - Bavaria Brewery, Joseph Weber proprietor

1891 - Bavaria Brewery, Joseph Weber proprietor

1897 - Bavaria Brewery, Joseph Weber proprietor. Proprietor's dwelling at alley on C Street

1905 - Bavaria Brewery, The proprietor's house is still thre, but the ice house is gone. The Sanborn map notes that the buildings are old and cheap. A brewing cycle takes place about every 20 days. The lights are electric and the fuel for brewing is wood.

1908 - Bavaria Brewery, More outbuildings has disappeared. The map notes that the buildings are old, the lights and brewing power is electric, and the proprietor lives on the property (house on C Street)

1910 - Bavaria Brewery. Cheney voted for a local prohibition. The brewery continued to produce beer for sale outside the community. The owner was asserted several times for selling beer within the city.

1916 - Washington State voted for state-wide prohibition. Alois Schmidt, owner, attempted to convert the building into a boarding house.

1916-07-24: The brewery buildings burnt to the ground. The following day, Mr. Schmidt took his own life.

Later, an expansion of the flour mill covered the site.