{"nrhp_refnum":"80003554","name":"Neuweiler Brewery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"401 N. Front St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Allentown","county":"Lehigh County","state":"PA","lat":40.61068965650006,"lon":-75.45785320803039,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-06-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Engineering","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former brewery complex at Front and Gordon Streets in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, made up of a brew house, stock house, office, bottling house, garage, fermenting cellar, and smokestack. The main buildings were completed around 1911-1913 to designs by the Philadelphia firm Peuckert and Wunder.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that the brewery was one of the most modern in the United States, with up-to-date facilities, and that it was among the most important in the Lehigh Valley brewing industry. Its elegant buildings are tied to the personality of founder Louis F. Neuweiler, and the complex is described as the home of the brewery from 1913 until production ceased in 1968.","narrative":"Built at Front and Gordon Streets in Allentown, the Neuweiler Brewery complex grew out of a brewery that dated to 1878 on South 7th Street. The main buildings were erected from 1911 and were largely complete by 1913, designed by the Philadelphia firm Peuckert and Wunder. The six-story brew house has a copper cupola and large semicircular windows, while the granite office features Corinthian columns and carved lettering. Louis F. Neuweiler, who took over the business in 1901, insisted on high-quality construction, and the buildings were reportedly built on a floating foundation with footings dug 90 feet deep. The brewery was regarded as one of the most modern in the country and produced soda during Prohibition. Financial trouble led to a bankruptcy petition in 1967, and production ended on May 31, 1968. The complex remains a notable example of early twentieth-century brewery architecture in the Lehigh Valley.","period_of_significance":"1900-1913","architect_builder":"Peuckert and Wunder (Kurt W. Peuckert and Clarence E. Wunder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant since the brewery closed in 1968; the brew house, stock house and related buildings are deteriorating, while the bottling house and fermenting cellar are in use for storage.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.320794-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003554.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003554/3e06e0309f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003554/3e06e0309f-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuweiler_Brewery_Allentown_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuweiler_Brewery_Allentown_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994479","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuweiler_Brewery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7003226"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/lehigh-county/neuweiler-brewery-80003554/"}