The former Schaefer & Brother Malt House, 520 Seventh Street, is a rare survivor of Buffalo’s pre-Prohibition brewing history. The four-and-one-half story complex, dating back to 1880, was built in the Germanic style known as Rundbogenstil, which translates to “round arch style.” The malt house and 50-foot-tall grain silo remain intact from 1880, while a one-story warehouse built between 1890 and 1969 occupies the southern half of the complex. Schaefer & Brother made malt at the facility until 1919, after which the building was acquired by the Reed Chocolate Company and then, in 1921, by the Merckens Chocolate Company. Merckens filled the air of the Far West Side with the scent of chocolate manufacturing until 1951, when the company moved to the Pierce Arrow Complex. After the Wollenburg Elevator was destroyed by fire in 2006, the Schaefer complex became the only remaining site of a wood crib constructed grain silo in the city. Soon, brewing will return again to the Schaefer & Brother Malt House. Community Beer Works is slated to open a new headquarters and tap room there this coming year.