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. |
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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. |
Arnholt & Schaefer B.C. |
Inq. 4-story brick brew house 46x31 ft. ss Thompson st., w of 30th st. Cost $5,000. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Vollmer/Schauffhauser Phil |
PRERBG Improvements |
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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. |