The Anheuser-Busch Beer Depot is located at 1207-1215 Jones Street in

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. Omaha architect

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designed the complex for the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association of

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in 1887. Once covering more than a block, today the Anheuser-Busch Office Building is the only remaining structure of what was the original Krug Brewery, the largest brewery among Omaha's original "Big 4" brewers. Anheuser-Busch took over the facilities after buying Krug. The office building is one of the most elaborate examples of the

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style in Omaha. The Depot once included a stable, beer vault/ice house, famous gold basement and cobblestone alley. Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 9/5/07.

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National Register of Historic Places in Omaha, Nebraska History of Downtown Omaha, Nebraska Industrial buildings completed in 1887 Anheuser-Busch Beer brewing companies based in Omaha, Nebraska Romanesque Revival architecture in Nebraska Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska 1887 establishments in Nebraska {{Omaha-NRHP-stub

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