Alber & Co.

Alber & Co., one of the city's earliest blacksmith and wagon shops, once stood in front of you where State Street ended at Broadway after crossing the railroad. Factories, mills, slaughterhouses, and tanneries operated nearby as well as three spring-fed breweries. The Northern Brewery on Jones Street advertised "bottled beer in cases of 2 dozen or 1 dozen bottles, quart or pint, delivered to any part of the city." The spring was later tapped by the Arbor Springs Water Company. After the brewery closed in 1908, the building was used as a foundry for fifty years. It was renovated for offices in 1976.

Frame location: on Broadway Bridge

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