Beer manufacturing began in Montana Territory in 1863. Henry's home is 1.5 stories and built in an irregular pattern. The Edwin Lehrkind House, at 701 N. Wallace, was constructed in 1912. The porch has arched wooden detailing and a decorative balustrade. In 1914 he was awarded the local Coca-Cola franchise. The Bozeman Brewery Historic District is composed of five historic buildings that are directly associated with the Julius Lehrkind family and the family-owned and -operated Bozeman Brewery business. Fred and Bertha died young, so Julius and Emelie took charge of their children. Henry's and Edwin's homes are to the south of the mansion. The brewery was the largest building in Bozeman until 1957, when the Brick Breeden Fieldhouse opened at Montana State University. The Julius Lehrkind House, a two-and-one-half-story Queen Anne residence, built in 1898 at 710 N. Wallace, forms the central focus of the district today. Sometime after that the brewery building was partially demolished and, sometime between 2014 and 2017 the job was completed, the remainder of the building torn down, leaving only a grassy field where it stood. The remains of the brewery, a four-story brick structure, stand at the north end of the district. The brewery then served as an ice plant and warehouse, and later as a creamery. Built in Queene Anne style, it has Douglas-fir flooring, a corner tower, gables, overhangs, and large windows. The two industrial structures, at the northern end, are located across the street from one another. The Lehrkind Mansion is now a bed and breakfast, for the second time. Copyright (c) 2020 Groundspeak, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Coca-Cola bottling plant was designed by Fred F. Willson, who was told to build it as cheaply as possible. When prohibition was repealed in 1932, Edwin Lehrkind revived the brewery business for a short time under the label of "Old Faithful". Discover and book hotels, restaurants and local experiences in 50,000 destinations worldwide. Across the street is the one-story, brick bottling plant. Julius built his Queen Anne style residence in 1898, and his nephew and son followed suit building their own modest homes adjacent to the family mansion in 1908 and 1912. From the NRHP plaque at the district. Julius died in 1922. Lehrkind and his extended family eventually settled in Bozeman, and the family continues to operate businesses in the Bozeman area. He bought the Spieth and Krug Brewery that same year, moved it to the north end of town, and renamed it the Bozeman Brewery. Since the closure of the brewery after the passage of prohibition in Montana in 1919, the three-bay, eastern portion of the building with the attached malting house has been demolished, and new entrances have been cut into the remaining bays. Founded in 2001 on the edge of the town’s historic Brewery District, our tap room serves a robust list of seasonal ales, lagers, and sour brews. A photo of the brewery building circa 2014 follows. The family has always been active in local civic affairs.Julius sold his brewery in Iowa and moved to Bozeman in March 1895, bringing his extended family and a crew of experienced brewers with him. With years of brewing experience in his native Germany, he eventually found work in a Philadelphia brewery. Soon after opening his own brewery in 1895, Lehrkind also entered the soft drink business, making sarsaparilla and lemon soda. Julius Lehrkind was a German immigrant who stowed away on a ship at age 17 in 1860 to avoid the German draft. High quality water and plentiful barley grown by Dutch settlers near Manhattan brought his large extended family and crew of brewery workers to Bozeman in 1895.