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William Barker Whiskey Bonding Barn
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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1868/00/00 At the request of distillers, the US Congress establishes bonding barns or warehouses to store whiskey for up to 4 years while the liquor is aging. Stored in charred oak barrels, federal excise taxes are paid when the whiskey is ready for sale.
1870/00/00 William Thomas Barker, a farmer in Pike County, Georgia, erects a Bonding Barn. A bonding barn is a warehouses used for the storage of whiskey in order to delay the payment of federal excise taxes while the whiskey is aging. Whiskey

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Particulars for William Barker Whiskey Bonding Barn:
Historic Use Agricultural outbuildings
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Criteria Exemplar
Historic Use Storage
Structure Use Whiskey Bonding Barn



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 12th May 2008

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Barker, William, Whiskey Bonding Barn
Registry Address: 9450 Old Zebulon Rd.
Registry Number: 08000396
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Barn
Area in Acres: 3
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Architecture, Commerce
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Significant Year: c 1870
Historic Function: Agriculture, subsistence
Historic Sub-Function: Storage, Agricultural outbuildings
Current Function: Recreation and Culture
Current Sub-Function: Museum

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