Hausmann Beer Cellar Uncovered
Photo by
Joseph W. Jackson III
Wisconsin State Journal
April 30, 1982

"Way back when," says Brad Binkowski, the corner of State and Gorham Streets in Madison was occupied by a brewery.  More recently it was the home of a service station.  Now it is on its way to becoming a $1.5 million, two-story building for retail stores and offices.  Binkowski, a partner in McCaughey Development Associates, the project's developer, says excavation at the site uncovered part of the brewery's cellar, the dark semi-circle indicated by the arrow.  From 1864 to 1919, the Hausmann Brewery operated at the spot.  State Street is in the foreground.  Binkowski's lament:  No brew remains, "just lots of brick."