Archive record · Brewery
A & R Brewery
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Also known as A & R Brewery, Allen & Righton
- Founded
- 1890
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-BP7WRW6H
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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From the record
Summary
Museum gives Aug.–Oct. 1890 partnership. SFU's timeline summarizes the BRW-72 1890 segment at broader temporal resolution. Legal entity: A & R Brewery. Production evidence: Historical production — Revelstoke Museum documents Allen/Righton opening; SFU BRW-72 records 1890 brewery. Historical partnership Owner as recorded: Oliver Allen; Thomas Righton. Status as recorded: CLOSED.
A summary written during research. The sourced facts are in the sections below.
Ownership & corporate history
- Owned by Oliver AllenAugust 1890 – October 1890
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Revelstoke Museum documents Allen and Righton partnership and dissolution. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1229
- Owned by Thomas RightonAugust 1890 – October 1890
Partly settledCurrent evidence supports this, but the record is not fully resolved.
What the sources say
Revelstoke Museum documents Allen and Righton partnership and dissolution. Pass source id: SRC-CA-1229
Ownership history is kept as dated events, so a change of owner never overwrites the one before it.
The Museum
Timeline
- 1890Allen and Righton, August to October 1890
"he partnered with Thomas Righton to open A & R Brewery in August 1890. The business was dissolved by October the same year" (Revelstoke Museum) — Allen then opened the Revelstoke Brewery of 1891 (revelstoke-brewery-1891-historical, TB-ACZ9KQ5W).
The People
Behind the beer
Museum biography documents three Revelstoke brewing roles and two distinct Revelstoke Brewery sites.
Travel Guide
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Straight answers
Common questions about A & R Brewery
- Is A & R Brewery still open?
- No. A & R Brewery has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped. Museum gives Aug.–Oct. 1890 partnership. SFU's timeline summarizes the BRW-72 1890 segment at broader temporal resolution. Legal entity: A & R Brewery. Production evidence: Historical production — Revelstoke Museum documents Allen/Righton opening; SFU BRW-72 records 1890 brewery. Historical partnership Owner as recorded: Oliver Allen; Thomas Righton. Status as recorded: CLOSED.
- When was A & R Brewery founded?
- A & R Brewery was founded in 1890 in Revelstoke, Canada.
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