Borden Milk Co. Creamery and Ice Factory, Historic dairy and ice factory in Tempe, Arizona, United States.
The Borden Milk Co. Creamery and Ice Factory is a Mission Revival complex of nine red-brick buildings in Tempe, Arizona. Its wooden ceilings rise to a glass clerestory about 35 feet high, carried on steel suspension. Built as an ice plant, it was later adapted to pasteurize and bottle milk.
The site was first built as an ice plant, then altered to also produce pasteurized bottled milk. The Pacific Creamery Plant was sold in 1927 and operated under the Borden name until closing in 1953. The building stood empty until it reopened as Four Peaks Brewery, a restaurant and regional brewery. The nine buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984, and the Borden operation's impact led the city to designate Creamery Park in 1999.
The building now houses a microbrewery that operates within the space while respecting the original industrial architecture. Visitors can experience how the old dairy facility has been repurposed for modern social gathering.
The building is located on East 8th Street in Tempe near Arizona State University and Tempe Town Lake. Visitors can find it in a central neighborhood with good road access and parking options nearby.
The former creamery appeared on Ghost Adventures, a Discovery Channel programme about paranormal places. The building's 35-foot glass clerestory, supported by steel suspension, is the feature to look up for.
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