Schlitz Brewery-Tied House at 3456 S. Western Ave. (Former)

Address: 3456 S. Western Ave. Year Built: 1899 - 1899 Architect: Kley & Lang Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: July 6, 2011

From the 1890s up to Prohibition, brewing companies built and operated their own taverns, or "tied-houses," throughout Chicago's neighborhoods. This Queen Anne-style tied house was designed by the architectural firm of Kley & Lang in 1899 for the Schlitz Brewery. The exterior walls are clad with warm-yellow face brick trimmed with limestone, and the design features a prominent corner turret, clad in pressed metal with classical-style motifs and topped by a conical "witch's hat" roof. The "belted globe" insignia of the Schlitz Brewery is rendered in terra cotta and set within the building's side elevation.