George T Stagg Distillery
- Also Known As: Ancient Age Distillery
- Also Known As: Buffalo Trace Distillery
- Address: 1001 Wilkinson Blvd
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| Albert Bacon Blanton | Architect | |||||
| Leo L Oberwarth | Architect | |||||
| 1897/00/00 | Albert Bacon Blanton | Significant name | Albert Blanton begins working at the distillery as an office boy. Over the next few years he worked in every department, and before he was 20, Col Blanton is appointed superintendent of the distillery, its warehouse and bottling shop. | |||
| 1920/00/00 | Under Col Blanton's leadership, the distillery is one of only four US distilleries (and the only one in Kentucky) to continue making whiskey for medicinal purposes during Prohibition with a special government permit, 1920-1933. | American Prohibition | ||||
| 1992/00/00 | The Sazerac Company acquires the Buffalo Trace Distillery. | |||||
| 1999/00/00 | The Sazerac Company takes ownership of W L Weller and Old Charter bourbons, completes the renovation of Buffalo Trace Distillery and launches Buffalo Trace bourbon. | |||||
| 2000/00/00 | The Official Sazerac Cocktail recipe is modified to use Sazerac Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey or Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Peychaud's Bitters are produced by the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. | Peychaud's Bitters |
| Particulars for George T Stagg Distillery: | |
|---|---|
| Attribute | Alcohol for Medicinal Purposes |
| Architectural Style | American Colonial Revival |
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Historic Use | Clubhouse |
| Historic Use | Energy facility |
| Criteria | Exemplar |
| Area of Significance | Industry |
| Historic Use | Manufacturing facility |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Historic Use | Park |
| Criteria | Person |
| Owner | Private |
| Social | Prohibition |
| Architectural Style | Romanesque Revival |
| Historic Use | Secondary structure |
| Historic Use | Single dwelling |
| Area of Significance | Social History |
| Historic Use | Water Works |
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