National Register of Historic Places

Fitger Brewing Company

Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Listed
February 9, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84001690

About this property

Fitger's Brewing Company was a beer manufacturer in Duluth, Minnesota, United States, from 1881 to 1972. The surviving brewery complex stretches for 720 feet (220 m) along the Lake Superior shoreline and East Superior Street, one of Duluth's main roads. The majority of the ten-building complex was constructed between 1886 and 1911. Fitger's, as it is now known, has undergone adaptive reuse as an indoor mall with shops, restaurants, nightclubs, a hotel, and a museum on the brewery's history. Fitger's Brewing Company grew directly out of a brewery established in 1859, making it the first commercial brewery at the head of Lake Superior and the oldest continuously operating brewery in the state of Minnesota until going out of business in 1972. Fitger's was a major local employer, producing 100,000 barrels of beer annually. It stayed open during Prohibition by diversifying into soda and candy bar production.

Location

600 E. Superior St.
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
46.79218, -92.09062

Categories

INDUSTRYCOMMERCEARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Fitger Brewing Company listed on the National Register?

Fitger Brewing Company was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 9, 1984.

What type of historic resource is Fitger Brewing Company?

Fitger Brewing Company is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Fitger Brewing Company?

The period of significance for Fitger Brewing Company is recorded as the industrial era.

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