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Adolphus Busch (1838-1913)- Forty breweries existed in St. Louis when Eberhardt Anheuser bought, before the Civil War, The Bavarian Brewery. His daughter, Lily, married Adolphus Busch who sold supplies to the brewery. After the Civil War, Busch joined his father-in-law in the Brewery business. Carl Conrad, a native of Budweis, Bavaria, was Busch’s good friend who developed a formula for a new, light lager beer. 
Anheuser-Busch, Inc, is today the world’s largest brewery. The magnificently carved Gothic style mausoleum, built in 1915, two years after the death of Mr. Busch, resembles a miniature church. Its walls are made of Missouri Red Granite, not polished, with a roof of heavy gray-green slate. The beautiful fleche and elaborate gates with the hopvines at the top are also worthy of note. |
