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Shortly after the wedding ceremony of Caroline Sarkis and Randy Najera on August 1st at the Georgetown Studios we got everyone outside for a large group wedding photograph. The Georgetown Studios are housed in an historic  Seattle landmark known as the Engine Room. It has  incredible 25’ ceilings, elegant light filled 15’ windows,  Romanesque arches and a history behind it. Here is a little of it from their web site:

“The Seattle Brewing and Malting Company was established in 1892 in the City of Georgetown, and by 1904 this building was the largest brewery west of the Mississippi River and with addition upon addition through 1912 it became the sixth largest in the world. For a time before Washington State introduced prohibition in 1916, the Georgetown brewery was the largest industrial establishment in the state of Washington. It was the job of the engine room to power the whole plant. Just the sheer size of the room you can picture massive turbines turning out enough electricity to produce the incredibly popular Rainier beer.

The plant was shut down in 1916 at the start of the Washington State prohibition laws and the building became a cold storage and ice facility. The Rainier Brewing Co. was moved to San Francisco as California didn’t have prohibition laws. Soon enough as prohibition went national the company was making soda and near beer. It wasn’t until 1935 and after prohibition laws were taken off the books when the Seattle Malting and Brewing Co. returned Rainier beer back to Seattle, albeit to a different brewing facility. This new building is now what we know as the “Tully’s Building” along I-5.
Today
Today the “Original” Rainier Brewery building is home to many small businesses including “Georgetown Brewery” who make Manny’s Ale, as well as many local artists. The Engine Room has been in sporadic use as a venue to many arts organizations as well as being used for photo and film/video shoots.”  Go to http://www.georgetownstudios.com/ to continue reading.