Adam C. Wagner Explained

Adam C. Wagner (1858 or 1860 – 1935) was an architect and engineer based in Philadelphia who designed breweries as well as residences.^{[1] [2]} His work includes the American Brewing Company Plant in Rhode Island. He also designed Esslinger brewery building^[1] and Stegmaier Federal Building in Wilkes-Barre, formerly Stegmaier Brewery.^[3]

Wagner was an immigrant from Germany and served many German clients.^[4]

He designed a brewery in Waterbury, Connecticut for Theresa Weibel.^[5]

Work

• Cataract Brewing Company at 13 Cataract Street in Rochester, New York^[6]
• Weisbrod & Hess brewery (1891) on Martha Street in Kensington, Philadelphia^[7]
• Kensington Labor Lyceum^[8]
• Stegmaier Brewery now Stegmaier Federal Building in Wilkes-Barre, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)
• American Brewing Company Plant in Providence, Rhode Island, listed on the NRHP
• Esslinger's brewery, Philadelphia

Notes and References

1. https://www.phila.gov/media/20190401092933/401-29-N-10th-St-nomination.pdf& St nomination
2. Web site: Error Occurred While Processing Request.
3. Web site: Stegmaier Brewed Beer and a Regional History. Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine.
4. Web site: Good Eye: A great German brewery survives in Kensington.
5. Web site: American Brewers' Review. November 21, 1899. Der Braumeister Publishing Company. Google Books.
6. Web site: From Eyesore to Opportunity: Rochester's Cataract Brewhouse – Landmark Society.
7. Web site: Historic Beer Birthday: George Weisbrod. Jay. Brooks. October 31, 2020. Brookston Beer Bulletin.
8. Web site: The Labor Lyceum Movement in Philadelphia – PhillyHistory Blog. blog.phillyhistory.org.