The Mudtown Station Brewery and Restaurant in Owen Sound, Ontario is housed in a 1946 former Canadian Pacific Railway train station. Abandoned in the 1990s, the property received provincial heritage designation in 1996 based on its architectural value as a marker of post-war modernism. The brewery owner, Morag Kloeze, visited the train station as part of a Doors Open event and saw the potential of the space. The features of the train station were maintained where possible in the interior as part of the renovation process, and the history of the station is celebrated through news stories and historic prints on the walls. The name of the brewery, Mudtown, references the historic nickname for the area which was characterized as having muddy streets.
This content was written by Vanessa Mathews, an Associate Professor of Geography & Environmental Studies at the University of Regina. Her research explores the role of craft breweries in processes of adaptive reuse and placemaking. This listing was uploaded by Audrey Gray, Project Officer at the National Trust for Canada, on July 8, 2024.
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