[5] In 1890 they reopened the Black Hawk brewery their father, Ernst Zoeller Sr., had operated prior.

In 1894 all the breweries consolidated into a single corporate structure called The Davenport Malting Company.

They built this building in an industrial section of the west end that contained some of the first refrigeration equipment used in the city.

From the Iowa City location they distributed Zoller and Topping beers as well as Hur-Mon soda/pop beverages.

[8] They employed 250-300 people and their annual output was 150,000 barrels of beer that was distributed in nine states and in 2,000 cities.

[5] It is a two-story, brick structure that features a tripartite front, nine window-bays on each side and segmental arches.