PITTSBURGH—With the nomination of the former Duquesne Brewery complex to the National Register of Historic Places, the Beitler-McKee Optical building will become part of the National Register of Historic Places. The lab is located at 160 S. 22nd Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. in the former offices of the Duquesne Brewing company built in 1948. The oldest building in the complex, the Brew House, was built in 1899.

Beitler McKee is an Essilor Partner Lab and one of the few full-service (RGP contact lens manufacturing, soft contact lens, equipment and instrument sales and repair, frame, stock lens) labs left in the country. Beitler McKee processes digital and AR lenses in house. Beitler McKee has several generations of families who have worked at the lab with a focus to provide the best quality visual solutions and service.

The Brew House was built in 1899 as the headquarters of the Duquesne Brewing Company. Over the years, Duquesne Brewing added other buildings to its complex which are also a part of the nomination.

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