One of the more important light industry built in the area was the Rock Street Brewing Company, owned by George Basserman. Basserman's Rock Brewery on State Street. The brewery took its name from Snake Rock, an extension of East Rock. Basserman owned the brewery and the adjacent apartment building, which still stands on the corner of Rock and 1395 State Street. He sold the property in 1888 to John M. Manning of Buffalo, a brother of the late Daniel Manning. He had plans to enlarge it, before the fire. No exact date of its closing can be found but there is record of a fire in the 1930s.