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
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.