Mount Joy in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Central Hotel
Photographed by William Pope, January 10, 2023
1. Bube's Brewery Building Marker
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. It 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.
Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, specifically in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and in the Susquehanna Valley. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Central Hotel and Alois Bube Brewery (within shouting distance of this marker); The Mount Joy Hall (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Philip Frank House (about 700 feet away); Mount Joy Train Station History (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Washington House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Honor Roll (approx. Ό mile away); Vietnam Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Cemetery Road School House (approx. Ό mile 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 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
Photographed by William Pope, January 10, 2023
2. Bube's Brewery Building Marker
Bubes Brewery as it stands today is the result of Alois Bubes lifes 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, Bubes rose-toy Brewery is the only 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
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 448 times since then and 46 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.
