S F Gates Co Milwaukee Lager Racine WI

When Simon Gates died in 1891, his wife, Caroline took over his bottling firm, incorporating it two years later as the S. F. Gates Bottling Co. with a capitol of $10,000. The newly formed company built a new Pabst Tavern and bottling plant at 567-569 State St. Almost all early Wisconsin brewers had their own saloon and many had several.