Burks' Distillery

  • Also Known As: Maker's Mark Distillery also Star Hill Distillery

  • Address: 3350 Burk Spring Rd
  • Vicinity: E of Loretto off KY 49 and 52
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

The oldest Kentucky distillery site still in use, Burk's origins extend back to 1805. Representing the growth of distilling as a major industry in Kentucky after the Pinckney Treaty (1795) gave U.S. citizens the right to unhampered passage down the Mississippi to New Orleans, it also marks the development of bourbon into a distinctive liquor marketed worldwide. NRHP Statement of Significance (January 16, 1980)

Visitor Attraction of the year in 2008, by Whisky Magazine.


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Burks,George R. Architect
1889/00/00
1902/00/00

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Particulars for Burks' Distillery:
Area of Significance Agriculture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Commerce
Area of Significance Engineering
Sight Category Historic District
Criteria Historic Event
Area of Significance Industry
Historic Use Manufacturing facility
Level of Significance National
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 74000893
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Burks,George R.
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Designated National Landmark
Nominator Name: National Historic Landmark
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National; State
Area of Significance: Industry, Commerce, Engineering, Agriculture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Significant Year: 1889, 1902
Historic Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Historic Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility
Current Function: Industry, processing, extraction
Current Sub-Function: Manufacturing facility

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