Fairmount Park Conservancy Walking Tour Along the Schuylkill

Itinerary and Supplemental Information

By Rich Wagner

Saturday March 18, 2023

Stop #1 Mount Pleasant

Public Ledger July 18, 1867 German Singing Societies Meet …”But the great feature of the picnic was the family gatherings. Engle & Wolf’s Farm and Washington’s Retreat were both secured for the party, and at every available spot where shade could be secured, husband and wife and children could be seen enjoying themselves under the numerous trees to be found in the vicinity. Well filled baskets showed that there was a thoughtful regard for the inner man, while the consumption of lager was something beyond calculation. The national beverage of the Germans flowed freely from 20,000 sturdy little kegs, but no one seemed the worse for it.” (sic 40,000 in attendance) …From the commencement to the close there was not an unkind word heard or an improper act witnessed. The hundreds of policemen present had little or nothing to do during the day, and at the close of the festival everyone had left the ground conscious that everything had been harmonious and peaceful.”

Stop #2 Fountain Green, Engel & Wolf

American Breweries III Mid-Atlantic Edition Van Wieren 2016

PA 411a Charles C. Engel (26/28 Dillwyn St, 352/354 Dillwyn post 1857) 1844 1847

411b (Charles) Engel & (Charles) Wolf, Plant 1 1847 1860

PA 412 Engel & Wolf, Plant 2 (Penna. Ave near Columbia Bridge Fountain Green) 1859 1870

Hexamer General Surveys

1866 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv4.0262

Maps

Smedley 1862.

Images.

Article.

Finkel, Ken. “Ground Zero For Philadelphia Beer.” Philly History Blog. October 6, 2011.

Stop #3 Brewerytown

Exhibit of beer bottles from Brewerytown at the National Brewery Museum in Potosi, WI.

Exhibit with map of Brewerytown with images of the breweries at the National Brewery Museum in Potosi, WI.

Bergner & Engel

American Breweries III Mid-Atlantic Edition Van Wieren 2016

PA 373.89 Charles W. Bergner (476 North 7th St) (982 North 7th St, rear 1857 numbers) 1848 1857

374a Gustavus Bergner (496 North 7^th Street) 1851 1853

374b Gustavus Bergner (586 North 7^th Street) 1854-1857

374c Gustavus Bergner (office 239 Dock & Thompson near 32nd & Thompson) 1857 1870

374d Bergner & Engel 1870 1879

374e Bergner & Engel Brewing Co., Plant 1

(32nd, 33rd, Thompson & Master St) 1879 1920

PA 509a Henry Mueller, Centennial Brewery (31st & Jefferson) 1873 1881

509b Estate of Henry Mueller 1881 1890

509c Bergner & Engel Brewing Co., Plant 2 1890 1900

PA 563a Christian Schnitzel (31st below Master) 1854 1864

563b Harry Rothacker 1864 1870

563c G. F. Rothacker 1870 1880

563d G. F. Rothacker & Sons, Lion Brewery 1880 1893

563e G. F. Rothacker Brewing Co. 1893 1913

563f Bergner & Engle Plant #4 1913-1917

Litho, info. Library Company of Philadelphia.

Company published book.

Article.

Hexamer General Surveys

1866 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv4.0276

1874 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv8.0734

1876 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv11.0990-991

1878 http://ww.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv13.1248-1249

1880 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv16.1554-1555

1884 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv20.1862-1863

1888 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv23.2247-2248

1893 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv28.2702-2703

1894 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv29.2761

Poth

American Breweries III Mid-Atlantic Edition Van Wieren 2016

PA 371a Jacob Bentz Brewery (508 North 3rd) 1864 1865

371b (Jacob) Bentz & (Jacob) Reilly) 31^st & Jefferson 1866 1869

371c Fred A. Poth 1870 1887

371d F. A. Poth Brg Co. 1887 1893

371e F. A. Poth & Sons 1893 1920

371f Poth Brewing Co., Inc. 1933 1936

371g Red Bell Brewing Co. (M) 1996-2002

Hexamer General Surveys

1873 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv7.0601

1880 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv16.1456

1884 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv19.1817

1890 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv24.2348

1894 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv28.2751-2752

Stop #4 Spring Garden Water Works

Bing Images.

Hidden City.

1888 "The Spring Garden Works," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.

1890 "Spring Garden Works," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 2.

1931 "Spring Garden and Northern Liberties Works or Schuylkill Works -1844," from The Water Works of the City of Philadelphia: The Story of their Development and Engineering Specifications, compiled by Walter A. Graf, Staff Engineer.

Articles pertaining to the “Brewery Sewer” and “Elevating a Street.” The Philadelphia Times. Sunday December 1, 1895. (33rd St., U.S. Route 13)

Stop #5 Bergdoll

American Breweries III Mid-Atlantic Edition Van Wieren 2016

PA 373a Bergdoll & (Peter) Schemm (176 Vine St, 504 post 1857) 1849 1850

373b Bergdoll & Psotta 1851 1857

373c Bergdoll & Psotta, City Park Brewery (29th & Parrish Sts) 1857 1876

373d Louis Bergdoll, City Park Brewery 1876 1881

373e Louis Bergdoll Brewing Co., City Park Brewery 1881 1920

373f Louis Bergdoll Brewing Co., aka: City Park Brewing Co. 1933 1934

1866 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv2.0154

No year https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv6.0532

1882 https://www.philageohistory.org/rdic-images/view-image.cfm/HGSv18.1675-1676