The S P Lancaster Distillery, RD#415, 5 th District, Nelson County, KY (1881-1920)

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The S P Lancaster Distillery
RD #415, 5 th District
Nelson County, KY

The original distillery was built by Sam P Lancaster and J Matt Lancaster on their farm, but operations were moved in 1881 to a site on the L & N Railroad, 2 miles NW of Bardstown Cecil, 1999).

Insurance underwriter records compiled in 1892 suggest that the new distillery was of frame construction with a metal or slate roof. The property included a cattle shed and two warehouses:
Warehouse A. 1 -- iron-clad and located 150 ft NE of the still. The north end of the warehouse was Free.
Warehouse B. 2 -- iron-clad and located 100 ft east. Part ofo this warehouse was Free also.

At that time, it was being operated by S P Lancaster & Co.

In 1903, the disitllery was acquired and operated by the Trust under the name Hume & Lancaster. It closed with Prohibition.

Aliases that this distillery's product was sold under
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The S P Lancaster Distillery provided product that was sold under the following aliases:

1892: Fee Bros., Rochester, NY

Internal Revenue recorded warehouse transactions for The S P Lancaster Distillery as follows:
( explain: origin of these records, letter codes )

1898: R B, as S P Lancaster -- D, T, B, W
1901: S P Lancaster Inc. -- D, W
1901: Chas P O'Brien, as S P Lancaster -- W
1901: R B, as S P Lancaster -- T, W
1903: R B, as S P Lancaster -- T, B, W
1903: S P Lancaster Inc. -- D, T, W
1903: Chas P O'Brien, as S P Lancaster -- T, W
1904: Chas P O'Brien, as S P Lancaster -- T, W
1904: R B, as S P Lancaster -- T, B, W
1904: S P Lancaster Inc. -- T, W
1914: S P Lancaster -- no details given
1914: Louis Poock -- no details given
1920: S P Lancaster -- no details given

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