H. H. Shufeldt & Co. Distillery

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H. H. Shufeldt & Co.
Life Span: 1857-1871
Location: South Water Street and Cass (Wabash)
Architect: Unknown

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D. B. Cooke & Co.’s City Directory for the Year 1859
Shufeldt Henry H., distiller, 69 S. Water, h. W. Van Buren, n.w. cor. Sangamon

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Halpin & Bailey’s City Directory for the Year 1863
Shufeldt Henry H., distiller, 69 S. Water, h. W VanBuren, s.w. cor. Sangamon.
Shufeldt William T., distiller, A. F. Croskey, 51 and 53 S. Water, b. 85 Rush

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Bailey’s Chicago City Directory for 1867
Shufeldt Henry H., distiller 58 and 60 S. Water, h 268 W. VanBuren

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Edwards’ Annual Directory in the City of Chicago, for 1870
Shufeldt Henry H. & Co. (Henry H. Shufeldt and W. C. Egan), rectifying distillers, 54 and 56 S. Water.

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Chicago Tribune, June 6, 1862

OPENING OF SHUFELDT’S ALCOHOL WORKS.
The extensive alcohol manufactory of Mr. H. H. Shufeldt, No. 69 South Water street, was opened for public inspection on Tuesday afternoon, and was made the occasion of a visit by a large number of South Water street merchants, who spent a pleasant hour in inspecting the establishment and apparatus and discussing a handsome banquet, set by the enterprising proprietor. This house were the first manufacturers of alcohol and pure spirits in Chicago, commencing in 1855, at which time they turned out some twenty-five barrels per day. Then the market was principally supplied from Cincinnati and other places. Now the capacity of the new apparatus is about eighty barrels per day, and it can be increased very easily to about 100 barrels per day. The building occupied by Mr. Shufelt is 25 by 140 feet, and six stories high. In the basement are the steam boilers; on the first floor the kettle-which is of copper, and holds forty barrels-surmounted by a dome of burnished copper, with finished brass flanges. The column, also of copper, is in seven sections, thirty-six inches in diame-ter, and twenty-four feet in height, extending to the third story. Its cost was $3,000, the whole cost of the apparatus being $10,000. In the second story are the discharging box, the alcohol and spirit receivers, changing and distilling tubs, &e. In the the third story is the cold worm, 230 feet in length, and eight rectifiers; also a packed tub for rectifying the lake water for use in the boilers. Here, too, is an excellent fire apparatus, which may be of incalculable use in time of need. In the fourth story is the condensing worm, which will hold 200 barrels of water, and has a faucet weighing fifty pounds, costing $28. There are also on this floor numerous tubs for mixing spirits to rectify, &c. In the fifth story is the water-feeder, with a capacity of 225 barrels.

The magnitude of the establishment is on a par with the enterprise of the proprietor, and will undoubtedly field to him a splendid return upon his investment. We commend him to the patronage of business men everywhere.

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Chicago Tribune, October 13, 1871

THE SUFFERERS.
The following is a list of the principal business firms whose stores and stock of goods were burned. In addition to them, there were in the neighbor hood of five thousand wholesale firms who did a limited business, and retail deniers, which are not given:

Distillers and Rectifiers:.
E. Boss & Co. 276 Madison; Cavanagh, Bodle & Co., 287 North Water; Conklin Bros., 79 Wabash avenue: Dickinson, Leach & Co., 48 Indians; D. H. Eaton, 82 South Water; Keller’s Distillery Co.. 178 Chicago avenue: Kraefit, Roelle & Co., 261 Kinzie; Thos. Lynch, Larrabee street: S. Myers & Co., 270 Madison; Schwab & Co.. 33 Michigan avenue; H. H. Shufeldt, 54 South Water.

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Chicago Tribune, December 29, 1871

To Rent—The New 3-Story and Basement store, 54 and 56 Water-st. on the northwest corner of River-st., for a term of years, to a responsible tenant; will be completed on or about January 1; has a full frontage of 50 feet, and each floor contains about 3,700 squate feet of surface; is suitable for any kind of business. Henry H. Shufeldt 144 Fulton st.

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H. H. Shufeldt & Co.
1862

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H. H. Shufeldt & Co.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
1869

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