The Sociedad Fábrica de Cerveza de Andrés Ebner (Andrés Ebner’s Industrial Brewery Society), founded in 1880, was fundamental in the development of the flourishing Chilean industry of the 19th and 20th centuries. Its building has an eclectic style featuring various mixed-use spaces. The offices were originally located on the first level and the family residence on the second. The factory was among the most prominent in the beer production business. The brewery’s Pilsen was one of its most acclaimed and consumed concoctions. The factory was also the cradle of the soft drink Bilz, which was advertised as having healing properties and recommended by the first Chilean doctor, Eloísa Díaz. The factory employed more than 800 workers and its production supplied the national and international market, exporting to Peru, Ecuador and Argentina. In 1916, it passed into the hands of the Compañía de Cervecerías Unidas, a large diversified beverage company, and remained operational until 1978. The building has been a National Monument since 1984 under Decree Nº 646, and has since been restored.