Old Crown Brewing Corporation

The company itself adopted the Old Crown name when they merged with Chris-Craft Industries for a short time in 1962.

Peter Hand brewing of Chicago continued to make Old Crown beer and ale, as well as Van Merrit, Old German and Alps Brau, until the late 1980s.

Charles Louis Centlivre was born in Dannemarie, Haut-Rhin, France, September 27, 1827.

He was trained as a cooper (profession) and initially came to America in 1847, having settled in New Orleans, Louisiana.

After living in Massillon, Ohio and working as a cooper in Louisville, Ohio, he founded a brewery in McGregor, Iowa in 1850 and operated it until he came to Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1862 and founded the C. L. Centlivre Brewing Company with his brother, Frank.