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Bevo Mill, St. Louis

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of Bevo Mill are its porcelain tile murals of idyllic scenes. They were made in Germany about 1890. It is said that Busch paid Tony Faust $ 50,000 for them after the closing of Faust´s downtown restaurant in 1916. Architects Klipstein and Rothman designed the mill in a Tudor revival style. Bevo Mill is named for a malt beverage that was produced by Anheuser-Busch at the time of the Mill's opening.
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The Mill became a City Landmark in 1971 and is located at 4749 Gravois. It was built by Grone Construction, owned by Louis Henry Grone whose cousins owned H. Grone Brewery. It operated under the name Bevo Mill until its closure in 2009. In 2017, a restaurant and event venue named Das Bevo opened at
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in 1917 who wished to recreate a European beer garden where drinks would be served in an outdoor atmosphere of music and dancing, like a country club in the City. Busch toured Holland for a year prior to the mill´s erection, seeking authentic artifacts and studying Dutch windmills. A famous feature
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In 2020, Bevo Mill's racial makeup was 58.3% White, 20.6% Black, 0.6% Native American, 4.8% Asian, 9.9% Two or More Races, and 5.7% Some Other Race. 11.6% of Bevo Mill's population was of Hispanic or Latino origin.
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The neighborhood was named after the Bevo Mill, a distinctive restaurant with a windmill and beer hall at Gravois and Morganford roads. The restaurant was opened by
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the location. The restaurant and venue remain in operation today with a weekend dining schedule.
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How Muslim refugees from Bosnia transformed a corner of the Midwest
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The Bevo Mill area is direct to the west of the neighborhood of
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Neighborhood of St. Louis in Missouri, United States
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Neighborhood
St. Louis
Bevo Mill, the namesake of the neighborhood
Location (red) of Bevo Mill within St. Louis
St. Louis
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Missouri
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August Busch Sr.
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