Whiskey Row, Louisville

Whiskey Row in Louisville, Kentucky refers to an area along Main Street, close to the Ohio River, which was home to the bourbon industry.

[2] On a list of Louisville Most Endangered Historic Places, the buildings were slated for demolition in 2011,[3] but an agreement between the city, local developers, and preservationists saved Whiskey Row.

[1] It is a collection of eleven contributing buildings in Renaissance Revival, Beaux Arts, and Chicago School styles with cast-iron storefronts that were built between 1852 and 1905.

According to Maj. Henry Ott, of the Louisville Fire Department, he believes that the slag left behind from these tools dropped and smoldered.

[10] As of 2014, some or all of the Whiskey Row buildings had been renovated into Old Forester Distillery[11] (its original 1880s home at 119 West Main Street), luxury apartments, restaurants, and retail businesses.