Mount Joy in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Central Hotel

Bube's Brewery Building Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By William Pope, January 10, 2023

1. Bube's Brewery Building Marker

Inscription. This Property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior

Erected by US Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Industry & Commerce.

Location. 40° 6.692′ N, 76° 30.181′ W. Marker is in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, in Lancaster County. Marker is at the intersection of North Market Street and Old Market Street, on the left when traveling north on North Market Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 102 N Market St, Mount Joy PA 17552, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Honor Roll (approx. ¼ mile away); Vietnam Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); War Memorial Park (approx. ¼ mile away); Mountjoy Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); World War II Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Old Standby Park (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Stone Wall (approx. ¾ mile away); Florin (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Joy.

Regarding Central Hotel. This building is the former Central Hotel and is now Bube's Brewery.

From their website:
By the mid-1800's, German-style lager beer had

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become all the rage among beer drinkers in America. Very different from the English-style ales that predominated in the U.S. previously, lager beer necessitated a different brewing method. Those brewers manufacturing lager beer in the 1850's often could not keep up with demand and by the 1860's a brewery boom was underway. Literally hundreds of breweries emerged all over the United States. Into this brewing climate came a young German immigrant named Alois Bube. Having been a brewing apprentice in his homeland, Alois secured a job at, and in 1876 bought, a small brewery in Mount Joy Pennsylvania.

Bube’s Brewery as it stands today is the result of Alois Bube’s life’s work. He expanded his small brewery several times and built a Victorian hotel to save his beer and accommodate overnight guests and offer dining to travelers passing through Mount Joy. By the turn of the century, he had a very successful business and his reputation as a good brewer and decent businessman had spread far and wide.

Mr. Bube died suddenly in 1908 at the age of 57. He had built up enough wealth that although his brewery closed just prior to Prohibition in 1920, members of his family were able to live here until the 1960s, changing nothing and doing little with the buildings. As common as breweries similar to this one would have been in the late 1800s, Bube’s rose-toy Brewery is the only

Photographed By William Pope, January 10, 2023

2. Bube's Brewery Building Marker

of the hundreds of “lager era” breweries that still stands in almost completely intact condition intact condition in the United States today. Restoration of the complex began in 1968 and continues currently.

Photographed By William Pope, January 10, 2023

3. Bube's Brewery Building Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 13, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 10, 2023, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 115 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on January 10, 2023, by William Pope of Marietta, Pennsylvania. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.