The National Capital Brewing Company was founded in 1890 by Albert Carry and Robert Portner, two successful Washington, D.C., area brewers.

[3] In 1882, the property was bought by John Guethler[4] and in 1884, he received building permit for a dancing pavilion on the premises.

Games, dances, beer and plenty of Swabian traditional costumes make for a major event in the local population of German immigrants.

[8] The Cannstatter Volksfest Verien returns on May 21, 1885, at the venue following the French Night Festival organized on May 18, 1885, by l'Union Fraternelle de Langue Française.

[16] It operated in a five-story fire resistant building, and produced 100,000 barrels of beer per year from using water from its own well.

Findley & Son Bottling Company (located at 1206 D Street) for 20,000 barrels of a special Pale Extra Beer as it was advertised in The Sunday Herald.

[18] On February 1, 1913, the company purchased the Commercial Hotel located at 7th St and Pennsylvania Ave NW as an investment from Bessie L.

Arthur A. Webster was a Navy Yard mechanic who disappeared in the early hours of the day from his house at 1240 D Street SE.

On October 5, 1912, it was determined in a Coroner’s Jury that Lentie L. Jett, a fireman at the Brewery, had murdered Mr. Weber and cremated his remains before committing suicide on September 29, 1912, at his home at 627 Florence Street NE.

In the ashes, about half a bushel of human bones, a dime, penny, several buttons, a bottle opener and what appeared to be suspender buckles and a piece of melted metal which might have been a gold ring or knife or key were found.

Barrett had known Webster for several months as he was a frequent visitor of the Brewery at night as he was a close friend of another fireman there.

[27] In 2015, Michael Webb and Wes McCann announced plans to open a new National Capital Brewing Company in Washington, D.C. Brands produced by the brewery will pay homage to the original brands of National Capital Brewing Company.