Archive record · Brewery
Sitka Brewery (Fritz Goese)
Sitka, Alaska, USA
- Founded
- 1870
- Closed
- Year unknown
- Archive ID
- TB-AFKW4C6N
- Last checked
- Not yet checked
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Summary
Status: CLOSED. Historical Sitka brewery accepted from the original 1870 federal Sitka census/report: Fritz Goese is listed as a Brewer at Sitka Brewery, while Gregory and Nicholi Vozikoff are listed as laborers at that brewery. The same War Department report describes Sitka as having two small breweries, and Robert N. DeArmond later distinguishes Abraham Cohen's brewery from the Sitka Brewery owned by Goese. Exact founding/closure, legal form and site parcel remain UNKNOWN. [Alaska Pass 20]
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- Is Sitka Brewery (Fritz Goese) still open?
- No. Sitka Brewery (Fritz Goese) has closed. The archive has not established the year it stopped.
- When was Sitka Brewery (Fritz Goese) founded?
- Sitka Brewery (Fritz Goese) was founded in 1870 in Sitka, USA.
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