Savage Craft Ale Works

Savage Craft Ale Works, a craft brewery in West Columbia, involved the renovation and addition to two historic structures including the former Brookland Fire Station & City Hall building and the former New Brookland Jail built circa 1908. Both buildings are part of the New Brookland Historic District in West Columbia.

The old fire station is a Gothic Revival Style, load bearing, masonry structure. The building was converted into a tap room on the ground floor in the space of the former fire station fire truck bays, while the former city hall space on the second floor was restored and utilized for private dining, offices, and meeting spaces. A new 5,000 SF addition provides additional room for a microbrewery, roof top terrace, elevator, stairs, and restrooms. The roof terrace overlooks a biergarten, fire pit, and stage.

The existing one-story 630 SF Jail Building was converted into a commercial kitchen to support the brewery and tap room.