In case you ever wondered about the history of our buildings... THE MAIN BUILDING: Built prior to the modern street grid, these buildings are some of the oldest in Laclede’s Landing [Note how the slope of the windows on Morgan Street doesn’t match the current grade of the road]. Meyer Friede, early silversmith and Missouri’s first Jewish legislator, was a resident here in the 1860s. The Schoelhorn-Albrecht Machine Company ran its business from here, manufacturing capstans for barges and shipping steamboat engines and deck equipment used during the Gold Rush. Another interesting quirk is the uneven sidewalks on Morgan Street between Second and Collins Alley. Underneath is a cellar room that was purportedly used to hide runaway slaves as they made their way into Illinois. THE LODGE (BACK BUILDING):This site has served as a saloon for over 130 years. It once was home to Jimmy Massucci’s Café Louie, the pub in which the name “Laclede’s Landing” is said to have originated. Now it is the westernmost lodge of local brewpub Morgan Street Brewery, whose Golden Pilsner won silver and gold medals at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival and 2010 World Beer Cup, respectively. In cold weather months, industrious saloonkeepers of the early 1900s were known to skirt Missouri’s “blue laws” by selling booze from the middle of a frozen Mississippi River - even on Sundays - and thus outside the law’s radius. Learn more about the history of the buildings on #LacledesLanding HERE: lacledeslanding/lacledes-landing-architecture/ #STLHistory #MorganStreetBrewery
Posted on: Mon, 07 Jul 2014 14:00:01 +0000
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