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1852–1936 · SOUTH BEND (BOUNDARY)
No flagship family brewery — no sons in succession, no brands, no ground given a city — ever stood in Osceola or Penn Township; the test of art-58-1 covers this section's ground and returns nothing. The county's flagship is dug at boundary size so the row's substance exists in this build with its seat honestly named. The Muessel Brewery, South Bend: Christopher Muessel (1812–1894) founded it in 1852; about 1865–1868 the family removed to the Portage Avenue / Elwood Avenue ground (1408 Elwood), on 136 acres north of the city with its water power, where the brewhouse complex rose. The sons carried it in succession — Edward Muessel (b. 3 Jan. 1858), president, who began work with his father and in 1895 also commenced a wholesale liquor business; William Muessel, secretary; Walter G. Muessel (b. 5 Sept. 1869, son of Ludwig), treasurer and manager — a second generation printed name by name from Howard's own biographies. The ground it gave the city is the Portage Avenue brewery neighbourhood itself, and the complex that still stands there (art-58-8). Its brands in the family era were the Muessel beers of the Muessel Brewing Company (incorporated 1893, art-58-3); the brand that outlived the family is Drewry's (art-58-7).
Osceola's share is stated once and plainly: none, except custom — Penn Township drinkers drank South Bend and Mishawaka beer, shipped by rail through the Osceola depot, and no Osceola ground was given to brewing by any family in the record.
Sources: Howard (1907), biographies of Edward, William and Walter G. Muessel; Muessel-Drewry's National Register nomination summary; Monon / South Bend history pages (founded 1852; construction from 1865; sold 1 Oct. 1936).