My name is Scott Thede and I grew up next to the brewery.  I lived in the white house (pictured) at 305 East Main Street that is southeast of where the Brewery stood.  The driveway that accesses the house today was not there when I grew up.  The driveway on the very left of the picture was shared between our house and the Brewery.  The old driveway was a straight alley that went alongside the Boiler Room and the Bottling House and we had to jog right around a large Maple tree to enter the red pole barn.  Where the newer driveway enters the road, there was once a large sidewalk perpendicular to the road.  I remember the manhole cover that you can still see in this picture.  If you click on the photo to the right, the labels can be read. Continue reading →