(Former) Schlitz Brewery Tied House at 11400 S. Front

Landmark Context

(Former) Schlitz Brewery Tied House at 11400 S. Front is anchored to 11400 S. Front Ave before any deeper archive work begins. City records connect the site to a construction date of 1906 and credits Frommann and Jebsen. It was designated on July 6, 2011. (Former) Schlitz Brewery Tied House at 11400 S. Front gives researchers a way to connect domestic design, residential development, and block-by-block neighborhood change to one actual site.

At (Former) Schlitz Brewery Tied House at 11400 S. Front, the most useful field notes usually begin with lot width, setbacks, porches, bays, and rooflines, then move outward to the rhythm between neighboring houses and alterations that show changing domestic use. This is where the landmark shifts from designation to evidence about how one domestic building can still clarify the growth of an entire residential block.

Research Starting Points

(Former) Schlitz Brewery Tied House at 11400 S. Front opens next into real-estate atlases and fire insurance maps, permit files and census or directory material, and historic photographs and neighborhood histories. Those materials are where architecture, use, and later stewardship begin to line up against each other.

(Former) Schlitz Brewery Tied House at 11400 S. Front still needs deeper source work, but the landmark record already keeps that work tied to one place.