Both history lovers and beer afficionados will find something to love during the day-long Mount Prospect Historical Society bus trip to Milwaukee on Saturday, September 14, 2024. Participants will tour the historic Pabst brewery and taste some beer (or a soft drink); then have lunch at the On Tap restaurant in the former Pabst Brewing Company’s Mill House building; and finally tour the gorgeous old Pabst family mansion. Take note that each participant will be responsible for choosing and paying for their own lunch.
“Although Best Place at Pabst Brewing may no longer be brewing those iconic tall boys of delicious bubbly, it is still a very cool spot to visit when in Milwaukee,” one Yelp reviewer noted.
“I took the tour and found it to be very informative about Pabst beer, the brewery, the King and Fred Pabst. Not only was the history and tour great, but also nostalgic when seeing the bottling line where Laverne and Shirley’s intro was filmed, along with the iconic glove on beer bottle scene.”
The Pabst Mansion tour in the afternoon will present a totally different experience. Captain Frederick and Maria Pabst had it built in 1892 and it remains the foremost example of a preserved 1890s Gilded Age Mansion in the Midwest or virtually anywhere else in the country.
As leading figures in Milwaukee society, the Pabsts became consummate art collectors, filling their mansion with priceless treasures. After the Pabst descendants sold the house in 1908, it became the Archbishop’s residence and the center of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee for more than 67 years. Then it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975 and opened for tours in 1978. Tour-goers will leave Mount Prospect at 9 a.m. and return at 5 p.m. The cost for the day is $95 per person ($85 for MPHS members). Participants should be aware that the trip requires considerable walking and the ability to climb bus stairs, flights of stairs and stand for up to 60 minutes.
Register at www.mtphist.org/milwaukee.