{"nrhp_refnum":"80003609","name":"City Park Brewery","other_names":["Louis Bergdoll Brewing Company","Bergdoll Brewery"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Roughly bounded by Pennsylvania Ave., 28th, 30th, and Poplar Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.97219593900007,"lon":-75.18382231099997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-07-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A group of five surviving brewery buildings and associated structures at 28th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, developed from 1856 by the Bergdoll brewing firm and known as the City Park Brewery. The complex spans almost three city blocks in the area then called Brewerytown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant for commerce and industry, as the main works of Louis J. Bergdoll, a German immigrant who became one of Philadelphia's leading businessmen through brewing, malting and related enterprises. Its brick buildings, with ornate arches and cornices typical of mid and late 19th-century construction, are presented as a visible record of that industrial growth and of the workers' housing built around it.","narrative":"The complex at 28th Street in Philadelphia grew from a brewing business founded by Louis J. Bergdoll, who arrived as an impoverished German immigrant. The firm moved to the site in 1856 and built up a group of brick buildings, including a brewhouse with fermenting, cooling and storage sections, a beer storehouse, an administrative building with a Victorian mansard roof, and a cooper shop that made the barrels used in the brewery. Bergdoll's business expanded to malt houses in New York, barley imports from Canada, and a realty company and motor car firm. Its growth made the area known as Brewerytown, where workers' houses were built around the works. The brewery operated until Prohibition forced its closure in 1920 and ceased entirely in 1934. The surviving buildings, with their ornate brickwork, are regarded as a valuable link to the city's industrial past.","period_of_significance":"1856-1908","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Eclectic, with Italian Renaissance and Victorian elements","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The brewery ceased operations in 1934, and the nomination describes the surviving buildings as now unused.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:13:10.376903-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/80003609.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003609/d32c7ce02a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80003609/d32c7ce02a-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_Park_Brewery_Philly.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:City_Park_Brewery_Philly.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/fairmount-park-72001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997158","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Park_Brewery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5123351"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/city-park-brewery-80003609/"}