When Prohibition killed a Dayton landmark
Advertisement in March 22, 1919 Dayton Daily News for sale of Schwind brewery plant. © Copyright 2019 Timothy R. Gaffney No big headlines heralded the news a century ago this week, but an ad in the March 22, 1919 Dayton Daily News signaled the end of an era in Dayton brewing history: The Schwind brewery plant—once known as the Dayton View Brewery—was up for sale. Prohibition was coming, and Dayton's brewing industry was going. I learned about the Dayton View Brewery in research for my upcoming book Dayton Beer: A History of Brewing in the Miami Valley . The brewery's story is more than a story about beer, brewing and business. It's a story about a brewer, his legacy and the impact it had on Dayton. What follows isn't an excerpt from my book, but a brief retelling of some of the facts I dug up in my research. Some of the graphics here aren't in my book because of their poor reproduction quality. For half a century, the Dayton View Brew...