American Brewing Company - View this location on map  Designed by architect Frederick H. Footman in 1891, this richly-ornamented Queen Anne complex is the most outstanding survivor of the many breweries that once thrived along the Stony Brook Valley. The American Brewing Company was formed by Irish immigrant John W. Kinney and managed by Gottlieb Rothfuss. Kinney, a local wholesale liquor dealer, became a major developer of the beer industry in Roxbury. Prohibition effectively ended brewing here in 1929. 249A Heath St., Boston, MA Historical |