Nevada Brewery, edificio histórico y antigua cervecería en Nevada City

Nevada Brewery is a commercial building in Nevada City built in the 1850s using large granite blocks from the local area. The structure has two and a half stories, measures roughly 63 by 83 feet, and was expanded around 1882 with a second section that gave it its distinctive parallelogram shape.

The building was constructed in the mid-1850s as a brewery and expanded in 1882 by George Gehrig after a nearby fire destroyed Temperance Hall. Simon Hieronimus later ran the operation until his death in 1911 and continued brewing during Prohibition, after which the building was repurposed for bars and dance halls.

The building's name reflects its original purpose of supplying beer to miners and townspeople during the gold rush era. Today visitors can observe the massive granite stones and solid construction that early stonemasons assembled with care over a century and a half ago.

The building stands near the old City Plaza in the heart of Nevada City and is easily accessible on foot. Visitors should note that as a historic stone structure, exterior viewing is possible at any time, though interior access may be limited.

A storage cave dug into the hillside behind the brewery was used to age casks of ale and was entered from inside the building, where a patio now stands. Its tunnels once linked to other parts of Nevada City and were filled in when California State Route 49 became a freeway.