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Submitted by Indilympia Jones on Fri, 12/25/2009 - 4:19pm.
The old Olympia brewhouse was only actively brewing beer for 10 years, from 1906 until state Prohibition around 1916, yet its architecture has inspired awe for over a century. A towering Italianate structure overlooking the Deschutes River,it was once the headquarters of the Schmidt family west coast beer empire.
A walk around the property now reveals ivy vines as thick as a forearm creeping up its sides, splitting the bricks as its roots expand. Roofs have collapsed, windows are broken, and brilliant orange lichen shroud the sandstone arched entrance... Story continued at www.landtales.org
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