In 1907 the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co. built this corner tavern at 2501 S. Superior St. to serve the working class neighborhood of Bay View. Northeast of this corner at Superior St. and Russell Ave. was the Milwaukee Iron Works Bay View Rolling Mill, the region's first heavy industry and the community's largest employer, which dominated the South Side lakefront from 1868 until it was demolished in 1939.

Schlitz spent $5,000 for this "store and flat," with Charles Lesser as architect. This "Tied House" was one of hundreds owned by the company around the country. This was not one of the company's fancier joints. (For one that is, see what is now Three Brothers Serbian Restaurant, two blocks away at 2414 S. St. Clair St.)

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