House Paveestraße 12, Protected monument on Paveestraße, Eupen, Belgium.
The house at Paveestraße 12 is a two-part stone building with a facade of rectangular grey blocks laid in regular courses with projecting joints. The left section has two upper floors of three multi-paned white-framed windows above a covered passage with red-brick inner walls; the right section rises three floors with three columns of windows and a brown diagonal-plank door. A white sign reads "BIERBRAUEREI" and "APPARTEMENTS ZU VERKAUFEN".
Johann Bartholomäus Delhougne founded the Delhougne brewery at Paveestraße 12 in 1834. In 1897 it merged with the Körfer brewery to form the Eupener Bierbrauerei, and from 1923 it operated as a public limited company under Belgian law. The brewery was sold to Haacht in 1998, ending the last traditional brewery in German-speaking Belgium; the front buildings are now protected monuments.
The white lettering "BIERBRAUEREI" on the facade recalls the Delhougne brewery founded here in 1834, which merged in 1897 into the Eupener Bierbrauerei. After the 1998 sale to Haacht the last traditional brewery in German-speaking Belgium closed, yet Eupener Pils (5.1% vol) is still brewed to the old recipe and sold in barrels in and around Eupen.
The house is centrally located on Paveestraße in Eupen and is easily accessible by public transport or car. Visitors should note that this is a private residence, so viewing from the street is recommended.
The building underwent several renovations over time and once served as a brewery, giving it an unexpected industrial past. This shows how adaptable old houses were in their different uses.
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