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The Frankfort Distillery
RD #33, 7 th District
Franklin County, KY



The distillery was located near the fork of Elkhorn Creek on Georgetown Pike, 4 miles SE of Frankfort.

1869: According to Zoeller (2010), the first distillery on this site was built in 1869.

In 1901, it was rebuilt by R A Baker, John D Hinde and Thomas Hinde and run as the Baker Bros. & Co. distillery.

Sanborn map of the distillery, published in 1910:

1916: The distillery ceased operations.

During Prohibition, the distillery was used as a concentration warehouse, bottling various brands for medical use only.

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Internal Revenue recorded warehouse transactions for The Frankfort Distillery as follows:
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