This advertisement for Goldblume Beer, made by the F.W. Cook Brewing Co., comments that oats and beans are fine for a horse, but the rider feeds himself Goldblume Beer. The F.W. Cook Brewing Co., Evansville, Ind. Located at 11 NW 7th St., formerly 214 Upper 7th St. the City Brewery was founded in 1853 by Frederick Washington Cook and Jacob Rice in what was then a cornfield beyond downtown. It split from the old brewery and opened its own at 11 NW 7th St. By 1880, the Cook and Rice City Brewery had an ice house, malt house, stable, and office that covered entire block bounded by 7th (M L King), Sycamore, 8th, and Main. After Rice's death in 1885, it was renamed F. W .Cook Brewing Co. Upon F.W.'s death in 1913 (at the age of 81), his son Henry ran it until his death in 1929. Then Henry's brother, Charles Cook, took over keeping the F. W. Cook name. [It was] destroyed by fire Dec 3, 1891, [and a] new brew house and office [were] completed March 1893. Large fire in 1905 destroys much of plant. The plant was closed during Prohibition. After Prohibition ended in 1933, the company renamed itself F. W. Cook Co. The reorganization was done to include the purchase of the abandoned downtown Evansville railroad line of the remains of the Evansville and Princeton Traction Company. This third-mile section of track down 9th St linked the brewery to the Chicago and Eastern Illinois RR yard at 9th and Division Sts. The new railroad was called the Cook Transit Corporation and had one box motor electric locomotive. A 2-person crew would switch out the brewery twice daily - between 15 and 25 cars, Monday through Friday. In early 1950 the brewery completed an extensive remodel of the 7th St offices and the Rathskellar, which included the removal of the building's dome. About the same time Anton Hulman, sportsman and financier, bought controlling interest of the brewery. After the workers went on strike 1955, Hulman ceased operations. The brewery closed its doors for good in September 1957 after selling beer it had already made. Their Goldblume brand was brewed in other locations until 1972 and revived by the 1988-1997 reincarnation of the Evansville Brewery. The F. W. Cook corporation was dissolved January 1961. [This] property [was] bought by the city in 1963 to make way for the Civic Center Complex. The building was razed in 1965. (http://historicevansville.com/site.php?id=fwcook)