{"nrhp_refnum":"82003785","name":"Koehler, Jackson, Eagle Brewery","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2131 State St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Erie","county":"Erie County","state":"PA","lat":42.11526139400007,"lon":-80.07212404499995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Koehler, Jackson, Eagle Brewery is a brewery complex at 2136 State Street in Erie, Pennsylvania, built as a series of contiguous additions extending westward from the brewhouse, which was designed by Chicago brewery architect Louis Lehle in 1890-1891. The complex covers about 17,000 square feet at ground level.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is significant for its association with the brewing industry in Erie and as an architecturally distinctive brewhouse in northwestern Pennsylvania. Its brewhouse was designed to suit the gravity-based brewing process, with thick walls and tall levels for grain handling and brewing. The site also traces a line of brewing operations in Erie from 1855 through the Koehler family's ownership until closing in 1978.","narrative":"Built at 2136 State Street in Erie, Pennsylvania, the Eagle Brewery is a complex of brewing buildings that grew westward from a brewhouse designed in 1890 by Chicago brewer's architect Louis Lehle. The brewhouse is tall because beer brewing relied on gravity: grain was raised to the roof, then moved down through mashing, brewing and storage levels. Its walls exceed two feet in thickness, which supported the heavy loads and helped hold a steady temperature for mashing. The site began as a brewery founded in 1855 by George Frey and Peter Schaaf, and it took the Eagle name in 1863 under Henry Kalvelage. Jackson Koehler bought it in 1883, and his descendants ran it until closing in 1978. The complex is important for its link to Erie's brewing trade and for its purpose-built brewhouse, one of the notable industrial buildings of northwestern Pennsylvania.","period_of_significance":"1891","architect_builder":"Louis Lehle (architect); Joseph Frank (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","B","C"],"status_note":"Brewing operations closed in 1978 and the storage rooms added in 1933 are no longer standing.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.835863-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/82003785.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003785/ec9054ac84-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82003785/ec9054ac84-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_the_Jackson_Koehler_Eagle_Brewery_Apr_13.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Site_of_the_Jackson_Koehler_Eagle_Brewery_Apr_13.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995529","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Koehler_Eagle_Brewery","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6117203"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/erie-county/koehler-jackson-eagle-brewery-82003785/"}