History: Young & Howe
Taking up the brewing legacy of his father and brothers, Eugene L. Howe began brewing in the early 1880s with former boarding house operator John Young. The two operated out of a location just down the street from where J. E. Howe and Sons was located, at 206 Water Street, between Academy and Perley’s Lane, in Hallowell. Their operation continued until approximately 1897.
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- Map of Hallowell in 1884. J.E. Howe and Sons is located at the corner of Water Street and Perley's Lane. Young & Howe is a few doors down toward Academy, across Water Street. Sanborn Map Company, Nov 1884. Library of Congress.
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- View of Water Street, Hallowell, at the intersection of Central Street, ca. 1890. Hubbard Free Library, Maine Memory Network.
Sources:
Will Anderson, The Great State of Maine Beer Book (Portland: Anderson & Sons’ Publishing Co., 1996), 30, 32.
Augusta/Gardiner/Hallowell City Directories, 1882-1897