{"nrhp_refnum":"85000180","name":"Yuengling, D. G., and Son Brewing Complex","other_names":["Eagle Brewery"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5th and Mahantongo Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Pottsville","county":"Schuylkill County","state":"PA","lat":40.68258549800004,"lon":-76.20572004499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A four-block brewing complex of eight connected buildings on the southwest side of Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, built between about 1840 and 1975 by the D.G. Yuengling and Son brewery. The company traces its origin to a brewery founded in 1829 by David G. Yuengling.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the complex is a fine representative example of a small-scale late 19th and early 20th century brewery and a rare survivor of a once common industry, the family-owned commercial brewery. It stresses the hillside location with cooling tunnels and the changes in brewing methods reflected in the buildings. It also argues that the post-Prohibition expansion of 1933-1940 is a significant phase.","narrative":"Yuengling's brewing complex occupies about four city blocks against the hillside of Sharp Mountain in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Its eight connected buildings range from the 1840s Brew House, a six-story brick structure, to additions built in 1890, 1914, 1936 and 1937. The brewery was founded in 1829 by David G. Yuengling, an immigrant from Württemberg, and moved to the hillside site after a fire destroyed its first building in 1831. Cooling tunnels cut into the hill once held beer at about 54 degrees Fahrenheit, and some still survive. Production grew from about 600 barrels in the first year to 65,000 barrels by 1901. The brewery survived Prohibition by making a legal low-alcohol beer, and its post-repeal expansion added the Bottle House, Shipping Department and Stock House. The nomination treats the complex as a representative small brewery and a rare surviving example of a family-owned brewing business.","period_of_significance":"1873-1940","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"The brewery continues to operate today; some buildings are intrusive, and the Brine House and 1975 Warehouse are classed as intrusive.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:32.957258-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/85000180.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000180/4f382a34f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85000180/4f382a34f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mredden (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yuengling_brewery.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mredden (talk)</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yuengling_brewery.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997878","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24256326"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/schuylkill-county/yuengling-d-g-and-son-brewing-complex-85000180/"}