Falstaff Brewery

This place is on private property. Listing for informational purposes only. Please do not visit without express permission from the land owner. The hulking 313,000-sq.-ft. structure at 33rd St. and Ave. E brings with it somehorror-flick street cred: Environmental reports have indicated the former brewery is full of asbestos, and the land surrounding it contaminated with PCBs.Who knows what evil lurks below the brewery itself? The soil directly underneath it has not been tested. Residents of the Cornerstone subdivision nearby have been pressing the city for years to have the building demolished or renovated, and city officials have labeled it a public safety hazard. But the Galveston Historical Foundation has listed the brewery, which was built in 1905, as one of the city's most endangered historic structures. It's sat vacant since 1981. Eighteen years later, brewhouse tanks from the complex were yanked out and shipped to China, where they were put to work churning out Pabst Blue Ribbon.