Rainier Brewing Company Bottling Plant

United States historic place


Rainier Brewing Company Bottling Plant
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°31′54″N 119°47′57″W / 39.53167°N 119.79917°W / 39.53167; -119.79917
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1905
NRHP reference No.	80002470^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 26, 1980

The Rainier Brewing Company Bottling Plant, at 310 Spokane St. in Reno, Nevada, was built in 1905. It was also known as Ice House Antiques and required $30,000 to build.^[2]

History

In 1914 with the start of Prohibition in Washington State, the brewing moved to San Francisco. Beer did continue to be bottled at the plant until 1919, when the 18th amendment and the Volstead Act forced them to stop.^[3] Rainier Brewing Company had to diversify and in 1919, Nevada Supply Company started to sell non-alcoholic beverages from the location. They housed other businesses including the Nevada National Ice and Cold Storage Company, National Coal Co., National Ice Co., National Oil and Burner Co. and the Ice House Antiques.^[2]^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

It was deemed important as a vestige of the once-significant brewing industry in Reno.^[4]^[3]

Today, the building houses the Spice House Adult Caberet.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Washoe, Alicia Barber with research support from RTC. "Rainier Brewing Company Bottling Plant". Reno Historical. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register #80002470: Rainier Brewing Company Bottling Plant in Reno, Nevada". noehill.com. Retrieved September 14, 2021.
^ Sally Abbe (September 13, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rainier Brewing Company Bottling Plant / Ice House Antiques". National Park Service. and accompanying two photos from 1979