National Register of Historic Places

Sprenger Brewery

Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Listed
November 27, 1979
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
79002257

About this property

The Sprenger Brewery, also known as the Excelsior Brewery Complex, is an historic brewery complex in Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. This complex consists of five buildings and an open area. The Excelsior Hall was built in 1873, and is a four-story building that measures thirty-three feet by 105 feet. It features a Victorian storefront that once housed the brewery saloon and a restored heavy, sculptural mansard roof in the Second Empire style. The remaining buildings are a two-story building with stone basement vaults built circa 1857, a forty-nine-foot by sixty-nine-foot infill building that was built circa 1910; a Victorian warehouse that measures forty-four feet, six inches by eight-eight feet, six inches, and a two-story, brick stable.

Location

125--131 E. King St.
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
40.03866, -76.30238

Categories

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Sources

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Questions about this property

When was Sprenger Brewery listed on the National Register?

Sprenger Brewery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1979.

What type of historic resource is Sprenger Brewery?

Sprenger Brewery is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Sprenger Brewery?

The period of significance for Sprenger Brewery is recorded as the industrial era.

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