The Fall of Falstaff

The Lemp Building sits in the Southeast corner of downtown St. Louis. The original buildings occupied the site since the 1860's and were built over a system of caves that were used to store the fermenting beer. The plant closed as an active brewery over 80 years ago but the building was occupied and used for a variety of other purposes until the 80's. The buildings still stand as an historic monument to a beer that once was one of the most popular beers in American. This image shows one facade where the proud Brew House sign still towers over the crumbling structure.