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Brunswick bars are considered the ultimate American bars. They bring back images of the Old West with their thick Corinthian columns and large arches. One catalog by one company (Brunswick) are behind these magnificent bars that do not blend in the room but stand out in grandeur.

A Brunswick bar is not one particular bar but a collection of models. Brunswick was an Iowa-based company that built bars for two decades starting from the late 1880s as saloons were growing in popularity.

The iconic Brunswick bars are known today as the Great Original American bars. The “Brunswick bar” is known for its extravagant back bar with its common, hard-to-miss feature of thick columns between large arches.

Neoclassical means the “classical revived”, and classical here is a reference to the Greek and Roman art. The neoclassical look is a serious one. Americans at the time were not fans of golden ornamentation, fancy flowing lines and S-shaped chair legs. Such styles were best left in Europe while the Neoclassical was the perfect fit for the harsh 19th-century American life.

Since the Brunswick bars were at heart neoclassical constructions, one feels like standing before the entrance of a Greek or a Roman temple with their impressive columns. Some of the Brunswick items in their catalog reflected that sentiment of building a nation to compete with great empires of the past, hence you’ll find names like The Empire and The Imperial.

Now you can own the iconic Brunswick bar!