F.W. Cook Brewing Co. at 11 NW 7th St. and Brake Supply Co. Inc. at 700 Sycamore 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 & 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." (http://historicevansville.com/site.php?id=fwcook) Operation ceased in 1957, and in 1965 the building was razed.