It is a well-preserved example of a state of the art late 19th century brewery building, its original functions still discernible in its layout.

[1] The American Brewing Company Plant is located in Providence's Federal Hill neighborhood at the northeast corner of Harris Avenue and Eagle Street.

The order of operations of large-scale beer brewing are still evident in the interior of the building (mostly used now as a warehouse), from fermentation, to storage and settling, to bottling.

[2] Lawyer and politician John F. Collins worked at the brewery as a young man just out of college in the 1890s.

[3] Ironically, Collins was responsible for prosecuting Prohibition cases during his time as special assistant to the United States Attorney for Rhode Island from 1921–23.