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Title
Lonz
Winery
Subject
Wine and wine making--Ohio
Lonz Winery
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Put-in-Bay Township (Ohio)
Ottawa County (Ohio)
Description
Facing
the
south
shore
, on
Middle
Bass
Island
,
is
the
Lonz
Winery
. The
winery
was
originally
founded
as the
Golden
Eagle
in
1884
by
George
Wehrle
,
who
carved
a
14
foot
deep
wine
cellar
into the
limestone
.
Due
to a
series
of
misfortunes
and the
onset
of
Prohibition
, the
winery
was
forced
to
close
. In
1934
,
following
the
repeal
of
Prohibition
,
George
Lonz
designed
the
castle-like
structure
that was
built
above
the
original
cellars
. In
1941
, the
entire
wooden
structure
of the
winery
was
destroyed
by
fire
, but
rebuilt
adding
a
copper
dome
which
housed
a
telescope
. The
castle
like
structure
is
of
brick
and
stone
, with
turrets
and
battlements
measuring100
feet
by
150
feet
. The
2-story
structure
is
a
mason’s
caprice
;
often
a
course
of
stone
is
broken
by an
inset
or
two
or
three
of
brick
; a
straight
arch
may
be
succeeded
by
one
with a
stringbone
effect
; and a
brick
inset
is
likely
to have
bricks
laid
flat
, on
edge
and
sideways
.
Inside
the
wine
cellar
are a
number
of
chambers
lined
with
vats
holding
from
1,500
to
2,000
gallons
each
.
About
50,000
gallons
of
wine
were
made
here
annually
(during
the
1930s)
. The
dry
wines
were
Delaware
,
Riesling
,
Catawba
and
Claret
; the
sweet
wines
Port
,
Sherry
,
Tokay
,
Haut
Sauterne
and
Muscatel
; the
sparkling
wines
,
Burgundy
and
Champagne
. The
Silenium
was the
name
given
to the
clubroom
of the
winery
. The
room
,
40
feet
square
, was
paneled
in
dark
oak
and had a
flagstone
floor
, with
heavy
oak
beams
overhead
. The
chandeliers
were
made
from the
hoops
of
old
wine
casks
.
Sunlight
filtered
into the
room
through
four
windows
whose
designs
show
Bacchus
and
Pan
capering
among
bacchantes
and
dryads
. The
bar
was
lighted
through
small
panes
of
stained
glass
, and
around
the
room
were
solid
trestle
tables
of
oak
and
smaller
octagonal
tables
, with
benches
and
chairs
to
match
. The
cellars
were
added
to the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
in
1986
. In
July
2000
, a
terrace
collapsed
into the
cellars
,
killing
one
and
injuring
many
.
Later
that
year
, the
land
became
property
of the
State
of
Ohio
, with the
intention
of the
site
becoming
a
state
park
in
order
to
preserve
a
piece
of
Ohio
history
on this
beautiful
island
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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Date created
2010-04-30
Date modified
2010-06-01
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