looking down the 600 block of Williamson St, as the north side is being demolished for the street widening project. Machinery Row on the right, and the Fauerbach Brewery in the top center. From the Frank Custer Files.

600 Block of Williamson, towards Capitol. Milwaukee Road East Madison Depot, center. The house-like Germania Hotel on E. Wilson is part of the Essen Haus.

Machinery Row, also the Brown Estate Block. 601 Williamson Street This was the first building of several in the row to be built by the Timothy Brown Estate. Now referred to as Machinery Row, the buildings were designed by Convover and Porter, architects. The firs was the first employers of Frank Lloyd Wright. Search for other buildings in the neighborhood by Conover and Porter. Machinery Row was the incubator for such businesses as Advance Thresher Co., the French Battery Co. (later Rayovac), and Madison Candy Company. Refer to Capital Times article by Alexius Baas, Also refer to David Mollenhoff's book, Madison: A History of the Formative Years, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, 1982, 2003.

The photo was taken alongside the rail siding that served the Fauerbach Brewery (not in view), on the lake side of the Machinery Row building, 601-627 Williamson. The photo shows the workers and delivery trucks of George Ellman, Inc., a distributor for Heileman Brewing Company. Note the Capitol in the distance. 625 Williamson

Mitchell's Gas Station, 629 Williamson St, Fauerbach Brewery background left. Lent by Mrs. Samuel Marshall, 1976.

Fauerbach Brewery from 600 block of Williamson Street looking east. Crane Co. plumbing is in the center of the photo. Search: Fauerbach on this site.

Tin depicting The Fauerbach Brewery, 653 Williamson StreetThe building at the corner had the Tasting Room, with offices and an apartment above. Many of the buildings of the complex were designed by Conover and Porter, architects. The photo was made from an advertizing tin in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Vogel. A similar copy is in the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society archives. The complex was demolished in December 1967 for the speculative prospect of building a Howard Johnson's. 1967 State Journal article

Fauerbach Brewery, c.1880s. Built by Peter Sprecher in about 1860, this brick building was later replaced in the 1890s by the building that housed the Tasting Room and offices of the business. Refer to the Fauerbach history site. http://www.fauerbachbrewery.com/

653 Williamson St Fauerbach Brewery, corner of Williamson and Blount.

Fauerbach delivery truck

Fauerbach Brewery Christmas Card - depicting the brewery saloon at 655 Williamson

Fauerbach beer bottle crate- the Fauerbach Brewery was located at 651-653 Williamson St.

Postcard of ice yachts on Lake Monona

Workers in the Fauerbach Malt House 653 Williamson