Germantown brewery District
Erected in 2018 | Marker Number 179
Germantown was home to many 19th-cen. European immigrants who brought their trade skills to Nashville, including brewing. By 1865 Germantown was home to 4 breweries:
- North Nashville Brewery (C. Kreig);
- Rock City Brewery (F. Kuhn);
- Cumberland Brewery (J. Ritter); and
- City Brewery (F. Leitenberger).
By the 1870s all of these breweries had closed due to the success of J. Stiefel's S. Nashville Brewing Co. and shipments from Midwestern breweries via iced rail cars and riverboats.
Germantown brewery District
Erected in 2018 | Marker Number 179
The reverse side of the maker has an 1860s map of Germantown marking the brewery locations:
- North Nashville Brewery
- 4th Ave. at Jefferson St.
- Rock City Brewery
- 5th Ave. between Madison and Monroe
- Cumberland Brewery
- 5th Ave. between Madison and Monroe
- City Brewery
- 5th Ave.at Van Buren