From time to time, pieces of Ohio history come up for sale on various online sites.  In a previous post, we have profiled the eBay auction of a Crandall Park Neighborhood mansion in Youngstown, as well as other properties advertised for sale via the Internet.

Craigslist, the long-standing marketplace website, has an ad which caught our eye this week.  In a brief notice entitled, "abandoned piece of history for sale," the announcement is made that an empty brick brewery building in Nelsonville is available... for the price of $145,000.

A little bit of online sleuthing revealed that the building in question was actually built as the "Hocking Valley Brewery, Inc," and further that it was constructed in 1904-5, and has been used for a variety of uses since the brewery closed -- including as a chicken hatchery.  A 2005 article in the Athens News profiled then-ambitious plans at transforming the space into a mixed-use facility.  For whatever reason, that vision has not become reality.

28,000 square feet of historic space awaits you in a wonderful Ohio small town.

Photo: Hocking Valley Brewery Building, Nelsonville - tsmyther/Creative Commons License