Created by Rich Wagner, PA Brewery Historian 02-01-2022.

List of Wm. F. Koelle (Koelle & Speth, Wm. F. Koelle & Co. Wm. F. Koelle Sons, Wm. F. Koelle, Jr.) Projects: Breweries, Bottlers, Ice and Ice Cream Plants.

Sources:

AB American Brewer 1933-1969 Free Library Collection.

Inq. Philadelphia Inquirer. Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s - Newspapers.com

PRERBG Philadelphia Architects Data Base. Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (philadelphiabuildings.org)

WB The Western Brewer and Journal of the Barley, Hops and Malt Trades. American Breweriana Association





Alphabetical List

09-04

Alpine B.C., Pittston

WB New Brewery preparing plans. (never materialized). PRERBG Preparing plans.

10-15

Arnholt & Schaefer

WB Addition to Bottling House 65 x 100 feet, reinforced concrete construction.

 

Arnholt & Schaefer B.C.

Inq. 1-story bottling house addition, 65x105 ft. 30th & Thompson sts. Inq. 10-14 Alts to bottling works w 30th st. n. of Thompson. Cost $80,000.

04-18-1913

Arnholt & Schaefer B.C.

Inq. 4-story brick brew house 46x31 ft. ss Thompson st., w of 30th st. Cost $5,000.

10-10-1913

Arnholt & Schaefer B.C.

Inq. 1-story brick bottling house 101x65 ft. ws 30th st. n. of Thompson st. Cost $10,000.

03-20-1917

Arnholt & Schaefer B.C.

Inq. Permits issued. Alterations to factory nw c. 30th & Thompson sts. Cost $500.

 

Arnholt & Schaefer Phila.

WB Brew House, 350-bbl. kettle. $100,000. PRERBG 04-23-1913 Permit Issued.

10-08-13

Arnholt & Schaefer Phila.

Inq. Bottling House, 2-story, brick, steel and concrete. $50,000. PRERBG 10-08-13 Awarded. Inq. 09-30 …and basement, bottling house 75x150 nw. c. 30th & Thompson sts.

03-30-1904

Baumgartner, Jos.

PRERBG Brewery (NJ 003) 6th st. n. Chelten Ave., Reading R.R. Crossing, Camden, N.J. 5-18-04 receiving estimates. Inq. 03-28, $200,000 Brewery.

08-03-1904

Baumgartner, Jos.

PRERBG Dwelling Fillmore St. n. Bulson St., Camden, N.J.

 

Bergdoll Philadelphia

PRERBG General Repairs.

04-02-1933

Bergdoll, Louis B.C.

Inq. Plans completed for alterations and additions to the plant.

06-25-1910

Brenninger & Schultzer

Inq. Stone milk dairy and stable, 70x76 ft. ne c. 7th & Indiana. Cost $5,000.

06-14-1939

Breuninger Dairies

PRERBG Dairy. Receiving bids/estimates. 629-31 Indiana Ave. Phila.

01-29-1914

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

Inq. Alterations. Sw c. 9th & Cumberland sts. Cost $1,000.

09-01-1915

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

PRERBG Estimates in. 806-10 Cumberland St. Phila.

11-03-1915

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

PRERBG Garage, Stable. Receiving bids/estimates. 9th St. n. W. Cumberland St. Phila. Inq. 12-30-15 3-story brick garage 75x127 ft. nw c. 9th & Cumberland sts. Cost $50,000.

12-30-1915

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

Inq. 3-story brick garage 75x127 ft. nw c. 9th & Cumberland sts. Cost $50,000.

10-07-1916

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

Inq. Alts. To storage plant se c. 9th & Cumberland sts. Cost $1,500.

11-01-1916

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

PRERBG Office Building. Estimates in. SW c. 8th St. & Cumberland Ave.

03-08-1917

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

Inq. Permits issued. Alterations to factory ne c. 9th & Cumberland sts. Cost $2,000.

05-17-1919

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

PRERBG Garage. Awarded Contracts. 2426-30 Germantown Ave.

02-25-1920

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

PRERBG Receiving estimates/bids. 8th St. n. W. Cumbverland St.

01-20-1922

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

Inq. Awarded contract 4-story brick, steel and concrete cabinet building, 817-23 Cumberland st. Cost $50,000.

12-03-1922

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

Inq. Awarded contract. New manufacturing plant 43rd st. & Woodland ave. Cost $500,000.

12-12-1922

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

Inq. 1-story ice house 43rd & Woodland sts. Cost $40,000.

06-06-1923

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

PRERBG ws 43rd St. n. (south of) Woodland Ave. 04-02 preparing plans.

06-04-1924

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

PRERBG Stable sw c. 11th St. & W. Ontario St.

10-29-13

Breyer Ice Cream Co.

PRERBG Dwelling. Receiving estimates/bids. N. 9th St. n. W. Cumberland St.

05-03-1916

Breyer, Henry

PRERBG Apartment House, Store. Germantown Ave. n. Cumberland St. Phila.

12-09-1914

Breyer, Henry W.

PRERBG Dwelling. Ogontz, Phila.

03-24-1915

Breyer, Henry W.

PRERBG Dwelling, Garage. Receiving estimates/bids.  Ogontz, Phila.

08-66

Callao, Peru

AB New Automated Brewery.

02-04-1920

Chester Crystal Ice Co.

PRERBG Factory. Awarded Contrtacts. Chester

12-21-1932

City Park B.C.

PRERBG Brewery. Preparing plans. Parrish St., Phila.

 

Columbia B.C. Shenandoah

Inq. 2-story brick, steel and concrete stable, wagon shed and storage building, 100x130 ft.

10-08-13

Columbia B.C. Shenandoah

PRERBG Receiving estimates/bids.

01-31-1912

Columbia B.C., Shenandoah

Inq. 7-story brick, steel and concrete storage hse. 40x40 ft. Cost $50,000.

 

Columbia Shenandoah

PRERBG 2-story Stable, Wagon Shed.

04-13

Columbia Shenandoah

WB Shenandoah, has awarded the contract to Koelle, Speth & Co. for the erection of a new stock house, wash house and racking room 3-stories, 150x30 ft. Equipped with glass enameled tanks 500 bbl. $50,000 and increase capacity of plant by 50%. PRERBG Awarded c. 04-19-13

04-14

Columbia Shenandoah

WB New Stock House.

06-17-1913

Commonwealth B.C.

Inq. Tank support, se c. 28th & Cambridge. Cost $200.

11-10

Commonwealth Phila.

WB Addition to Bottling House and Warehouse. 3-story 28 X 72 ft., brick and concrete. PRERBG 11-02-1910 rec. est./bids.

07-38

Compania Cervecera de Puerto Rico, Inc.

New Brewery

12-27-1919

Crescent Ice & Coal Co.

Inq. 1-story brick mfg. building Island road & Wingohocking st. Cost $25,000.

07-05-1922

Crescent Ice Co.

PRERBG ss Paschall Ave., west of… Phila.

06-04

Crystal Spring, Consh.

WB Brew House, Wash House, Boiler House, Stock House alterations.

01-18-1939

Cubbage, Mr., Mrs. Milton

PRERBG Dwelling. Melrose Park, Cheltenham Twp., Montgomery Co.

11-01-1939

Eagle B.C.

PRERBG Brewery. Awarded contracts. Catasauqua

11-16-32

Eagle Ice Co.

PRERBG Awarded contracts. NE c. 57th & Haffman St. Phila.

03-09-1938

Ellsworth Co.

Quaker City Ice Corp. Alterations to Ice Plant. Preparing plans. SE c. 25th St. & Ellsworth

11-06-1902

Erdrich Philadelphia

Inq. Builder A. Raymond Raff, awarded contract. Cost: $15,000. Wm. Koelle & Co., five-story ornamental front building 33x40 ft., and adding two stories on another building. These improvements will be made for stock and mill house purposes.

01-10

Erdrich Philadelphia

WB Addition, 3-story, $7,000.

11-02

Erdrich Philadelphia

WB New Malt Storage and Mill House, Stock House, Brew House alterations.

09-15-1908

Erdrich, A. & Son Brewery

Inq. Koelle & A. Speth, stable. Horace B. Deal & Co. builders.

04-08-1903

Erdrich, A. & Sons Brewery

PRERBG Office Building. Completed plans, receiving bids/estimates.

10-29-13

Esslinger Philadelphia

PRERBG 10-29-13 Stable

12-13

Esslinger Philadelphia

WB 1-story Beer Storage House, $5,000.

11-05-1914

Esslinger, Mrs. Geo.

Inq. Alterations se c. Oxford & Stillman sts. Cost $100.

1947

Esslingers Inc.

PRERBG Fermenting House Addition. Call Number 1947/805

02-54

F & S Shamokin

AB Rejuvenation Program: Bottle Shop Improvements, Loading Platform.

08-15-1906

F.C. Lucas Bry Lock Haven

PRERBG Shed, Stable. Preparing plans.

02-06-1907

Fleischman Yeast, Phila.

PRERBG Awarded contracts/ 1221 Race St.

08-13-1913

Gloucester Ice Mfg. Co.

PRERBG Receiving estimates/bids. N.J. Inq. 08-06 Awarded contract. 5,000 ton ice storage building 50x90 ft., tank room 56x48 ft., engine room 32x60 ft. boiler house 50x38 ft. Brick, steel and concrete. Cost $40,000.

06-11-1933

Gruenewarld, A.C. Brewery

Inq. Alterations. N. American st. ab. Susquehanna Ave.

 

Gruenwald/Esslinger #2

PRERBG New Brewery

10-13-1916

Hannaway-Gordon Ice Cream Co. Norristown

Inq. 20-ton ice plant, 30x60 ft., 2-stories, of brick, steel and concrete.

05-04-1908

Heinig, Peter

Inq. $600 19.11x133 ft.  2-story milk house 2015 N. Mascher, alts. 2013 N. Mascher

01-07-1902

Hildebrand, Philip Brewery

Inq. John R. Wiggins, builder, plans from William F. Koelle & Co., architects, for a one-story brick structure to be used as a fermenting room and office at 6th st. and Erie ave.

01-08-1902

Hildebrand, Philip Brewery

PRERBG Brewery. Receiving Estimates/Bids.

01-16-1902

Hildebrand, Philip Brewery

Inq. Benj. Walker contract nw c. 6th & Erie ave., to cost $2,700. This will include putting in I beams, cement arches, laying new cement floor to insulator, three rooms and enlarging the racking room. Architect William F. Koelle made the plans.

03-05-1902

Hildebrand, Philip Brewery

PRERBG Office Building. Preparing plans.

12-23-1903

Hildebrand, Philip Brewery

PRERBG 6th n. W. Erie Ave. Preparing Plans.

03-29-1912

Hillemann, Louis (Bottler)

Inq. 3-story brick stable 36x70 ft. 506-08 N. Orianna st. Cost. $10,000.

04-15-1903

Hoch, Albert

PRERBG Dwelling. Receiving estimates/bids. Allegheny Ave. n. Germantown Ave.

04-17-1903

Hoch, Albert

Inq. Koelle 3-story brick saloon and dwelling, Germantown ab. Allegheny.

 

Hohenadel Philadelphia

PRERBG

1934

Hohenadel, John

PRERBG Brew House Call Number 1934/556 W. Queen Ln. n. Conrad St. Phila.

01-10-1934

Hohenadel, John

PRERBG NE c. Conrad St. & Queen Ln.

05-25-1938

Hohenadel, John

Bottling House. NW c. Conrad St. and Crawford St.

12-06-39

Hohenadel, John

PRERBG Brewery. Indian Queen Ln. n. Conrad St.

12-03-1919

Kensington Hygenic Ice Co.

PRERBG Awarded Contracts. Trenton Ave. n. Huntingdon St.

11-08

Koelle Philadelphia

WB New Office. 26th & Oxford sts. Inq. Permits issued. $2,000. 2-story office and stable.

12-18-1941

Koelle, Wm. F. Sons

Inq. Wm. F. Koelle, Jr. 13 Radcliff rd. Cynwyd. Craig G. Koelle and Richard C. Koelle, 1900 Rittnehouse sq., trading as Wm. F. Koelle Sons, engineering, nw c. 26th & Oxford.

11-19-1922

Littlefield Ice & Coal Co.

Inq. Cold storage plant. Hammonton, N.J. Cost $50,000.

04-04-1912

Lotz, Adam

Inq. Roadhouse: Cresheim Valley Inn, colonial style, 2-stories, 50x50 ft. of stone.

11-27-1912

Lotz, Adam

Inq. Dwelling 2-story stone, 63.5x33 ft. es. Germantown ave. s. of Mermaid. Cost $4,000.

01-07-1914

Lotz, Adam

PRERBG Garage. Germantown Ave. n. Mermaid Ln.

 

Mellet & Nichter Pottsville

WB Brew House w/150-bbl. kettle. Ice House.

09-28-1904

Moeschlin Bry. Sunbury

PRERBG Brewery. Engaged to draw plans.

10-28-1914

Moeschlin Bry. Sunbury

PRERBG Receiving estimates/bids.

08-02-1939

Neuweilers Sons, Louis F.

PRERBG Boiler House. Awarded contracts. 401 Front St. Allentown

07-25-1907

Nichterlein, Theo.

Inq. Alterations and additions to saloon ne. c. 8th & Girard.

08-07-1907

Nichterlein, Theo.

PRERBG Awarded Contracts. Saloon. 739-41 Girard Ave.

03-21-1934

Ortlieb H.F. B.C.

PRERBG Warehouse. Receiving estimates/bids. N. American St. n. Poplar St.

10-26-1938

Ortlieb H.F. B.C.

Brewery. 230-36 Poplar St.

04-34

Ortlieb Philadelphia

Warehouse and Racking Rm.

12-37

Ortlieb Philadelphia

1-story Brick Addition.

08-49

Ortlieb Philadelphia

AB Bottling House. PRERBG 1947 Bldg. Permits. Call Number 1947/115419

11-13

Ortlieb Philadelphia

WB New Brew Hse. 5-story, $100,000 PRERBG 11-19 bids/est. 842-46 N. American st.

06-25-1939

Ortlieb, H.F. B.C.

Inq. Boiler room 840-44 N. American st.

12-11-1907

Ortlieb, Henry F.

Inq. Minor alterations, 12-12 $4,000 2-story brick stock house 16.4x 50.5 ft. 845 N. 3rd st.

12-15-1940

Parlaman Dist. Co.

Inq. Warehouse 9th & Buttonwood sts. Reading, Pa.

1933

Peerless B.C.

PRERBG Building Alts./Adds. Call Number 1933/397 N. Philip St. ab. Susquehanna ave.

08-12-1933

Peerless B.C.

Inq. Brewery. Gibson-Bowen Co. preparing proposals for construction. Plans by Koelle.

08-27-1933

Peerless B.C.

Inq. Brewery addition. Lam Bldg Co. Koelle, engineers.

07-06

Pilsener Hazleton

WB July 1906 Pilsener B.C., Hazelton, whose new plant is almost completed, has a 250-bbl. outfit, copper and tank work, machinery and millwright work, cellar, steel tanks and wash-house machinery: Goetz & Flodin, Chicago. Plans Koelle, Speth, & Co.

05-27-1903

Polish Lithuanian B.C.

PRERBG Brewery. Preparing plans. South Wilkes-Barre. 07-29 Awarded Contracts. Inq. New brew house, mill, malt storage, stock house, racking rm., wash house, boiler house, machine house, ice plant. 280’x54’ 4-stories, fire-proof.

07-23-1903

Shamokin B.C.

Koelle, $100,000 brewery.

07-29-1903

Shamokin B.C.

PRERBG Brewery. Engaged to draw plans. 09-16 Awarded Contracts.

03-04

Shamokin B.C. Shamokin

WB: New Brewery, 40,000-bbl. Philadelphia Buildings: PRERBG Plans for office bldg..

03-17-1937

Smith Beverage Co.

PRERBG Distributing Station. Awarded contracts. N. Hancock St. n. W. Oxford St.

08-06-1941

Untitled

Inq. Alterations se c. Broad & Arch sts. Cost $1,200.

 

Vollmer/Schauffhauser Phil

PRERBG Improvements

 

Weisbrod & Hess Phila.

PRERBG

05-27-1903

Welker, Jno. Star Brewery

PRERBG Brewery. Preparing plans. Williamsport. Inq. New brew house, mill, malt storage, stock house, racking rm. and wash house.

01-07

Widmann Lockport

WB Addition, 4-story, steel, stone, brick and concrete. Addition: 90 X 40 ft., 4-stories, steel, stone, brick and concrete. Beer Storage Bldg.. Plans by Koelle, Speth, & Co.

05-02-1923

Woodstown Ice & Coal Co.

PRERBG Receiving estimates/bids. Woodstown, N.J.





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