The Pabst Building was Milwaukee's first skyscraper, built in Neo-Gothic style in 1891. The cast iron doorknobs by Chicago Hardware show the logo for the Best brewery. Jacob Best and later his son Philip managed the company until passing the business to Philip's son-in-law Captain Frederick Pabst. While the brand changed to Pabst, the Best logo remained. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information. Formerly catalogued as O-176.
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Catalogue entry P-70360 is an antique doorknob recorded in the Public Buildings/Seals category (Category P, Single Letters) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by Niles / Chicago, circa 1891. The pattern belongs to the Emblematic school of ornament.
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