HT>Lemp Mansion
Creator: HobbitTaz
Deployed: NO
Archived: YES
First to Capture: AbbyHager
Last Capture: Aug 25, 2012
Number of Captures: 10
Lemp Mansion
Munzee on the back of metal sign.
The Lemp Mansion was built in the early 1860's and was subsequently purchased by William J. Lemp as a residence and auxiliary brewery office. In 1870 Lemp was by far the largest brewery in St. Louis and the Lemp family symbolized the city's wealth and power.
In 1897 two of the brewing industry's titans toasted each other when William Lemp's daughter, Hilda, married Gustav Pabst of the noted Milwaukee brewing family.
Frederick Lemp, William's favorite son and the heir apparent to the brewery presidency, died under mysterious circumstances in 1901.
In 1904; William J. Lemp shot himself in the head in a bedroom at the family mansion, apparently still grieving the loss of his beloved Frederick. William J. Lemp, Jr. succeeded his father as president. The brewery's fortunes continued to decline until Prohibition (1919) closed the plant permanently.
William Jr.'s sister Elsa, committed suicide in 1920.
On June 28, 1922, the magnificent Lemp brewery, which had once been valued at $7 million and covered ten city blocks, was sold at auction to International Shoe Co.
William J. Lemp, Jr. shot himself after the sale in 1922. His son, William Lemp III, was forty-two when he died of a heart attack in 1943.
William Jr.'s brother, Charles, continued to reside at the house after his brother's suicide. An extremely bitter man, Charles led a reclusive existence until he too died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Charles' brother, Edwin Lemp, died of natural causes at the age of ninety In 1970.
The Pointer Family has owned and operated the Lemp Mansion since 1975.
Munzee on the back of metal sign.
The Lemp Mansion was built in the early 1860's and was subsequently purchased by William J. Lemp as a residence and auxiliary brewery office. In 1870 Lemp was by far the largest brewery in St. Louis and the Lemp family symbolized the city's wealth and power.
In 1897 two of the brewing industry's titans toasted each other when William Lemp's daughter, Hilda, married Gustav Pabst of the noted Milwaukee brewing family.
Frederick Lemp, William's favorite son and the heir apparent to the brewery presidency, died under mysterious circumstances in 1901.
In 1904; William J. Lemp shot himself in the head in a bedroom at the family mansion, apparently still grieving the loss of his beloved Frederick. William J. Lemp, Jr. succeeded his father as president. The brewery's fortunes continued to decline until Prohibition (1919) closed the plant permanently.
William Jr.'s sister Elsa, committed suicide in 1920.
On June 28, 1922, the magnificent Lemp brewery, which had once been valued at $7 million and covered ten city blocks, was sold at auction to International Shoe Co.
William J. Lemp, Jr. shot himself after the sale in 1922. His son, William Lemp III, was forty-two when he died of a heart attack in 1943.
William Jr.'s brother, Charles, continued to reside at the house after his brother's suicide. An extremely bitter man, Charles led a reclusive existence until he too died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Charles' brother, Edwin Lemp, died of natural causes at the age of ninety In 1970.
The Pointer Family has owned and operated the Lemp Mansion since 1975.