The Carson Brewing Company, at 102 S. Division St. in

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, was built in 1864. Also known as the Carson City Nevada Appeal Building, it was listed on the

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in 1978. It was originally a

brewery A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer. The place at which beer is commercially made is either called a brewery or a beerhouse, where distinct sets of brewing equipment are called plant. The commercial brewing of b ...

and bar. It is one of Carson City's "oldest and largest brick buildings remaining from Nevada's territorial days". It is a two-story brick building that is just one of multiple buildings in a larger original complex; others have lost integrity and are not included in the listing. and In 1971, it became an arts center, known as the Brewery Arts Center. One of the groups that helped save the building was the Nevada Artists Association, which still maintains its gallery at the site.

Beverage production

Carson Brewing company was originally a

, bar and lodging house, and has been described as the "West's first

microbrewery Craft beer is beer manufactured by craft breweries, which typically produce smaller amounts of beer than larger "macro" breweries and are often independently owned. Such breweries are generally perceived and marketed as emphasising enthusiasm, ne ...

". The brewery was located on the bottom floor of the building, and the bar and lodging room was on the second floor. The company originally brewed

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, which it purveyed in bottles, barrels and kegs, and changed its operations to produce a

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named "Tahoe Beer" circa 1910. During this time, the company also began producing bottled

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sourced from

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and bottled soft drinks, as well as manufacturing and purveying

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Commercial buildings completed in 1864 National Register of Historic Places in Carson City, Nevada Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada {{Nevada-NRHP-stub

Beverage production

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