Historical Marker
Beer Office and Bottling Company
Historical marker location:
114 S. Main St., La Grange, Texas
( 114 S Main St., La Grange.)
Marker installed: 1983
F. W. Grassmeyer commissioned German-Texan stonemasons to construct this Italianate style commercial building between 1856 and 1859. The structure served as a hotel until 1893, when German immigrant Fritz Presun purchased it as a regional sales office for large American breweries. In 1897 Presun added a bottling operation, The Crown Soda Factory. His son Henry continued the business and also sold oil and gas here.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1983.