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September 3, 2010 Weekly Wrapper
The Abandoned Weekly Wrapper is brief digest of news regarding abandonments and historic properties for September 3, 2010.
Christian Moerlein to bring back brewing to Over-the-Rhine
The Christian Moerlein Brewing Company announced today that part of the former Kauffman Brewing Company space along Hamer and Moore streets that will be renovated for the production of specialty beers that are currently produced out-of-state. The location also once hosted the Husman potato chip plant.
Old Taylor Distillery
Old Taylor Distillery is a defunct distillery located south of Frankfort, Kentucky. Constructed by E.H. Taylor, Jr. in 1887, Old Taylor was known for a fine, quality product that was the first to produce one million cases of straight bourbon whiskey.
Beautiful, rainy days
Following up from the last blog post, “Beautiful, sunny days,” I spent Sunday, March 28 wandering the back roads of Kentucky with a good friend photographing a well-visited tobacco processing plant, a historic residence and a tuberculosis hospital. The day, unlike my prior trip, was speckled with downpours and consistently low- and dark-hanging clouds, although there was interment sunshine mid-day.
Parker Tobacco being demolished
It is with some sadness that the Parker Tobacco Company is being demolished.
Began by Alex Parker, Sr., along with Frazer LeBus, Frank Vaughn and Fall City Tobacco of Louisville in 1932, Parker Tobacco was a tobacco redrying and threshing plant that became a large tobacco leaf purchasing, processing, marketing and commercial storage operation. It featured [...]
Cincinnati’s Prohibition Resistance Tour
Cincinnati’s Bockfest is upon us. For those of you who are not native to the city, Bockfest is a tradition that celebrates the heritage and history of Cincinnati, as one of the largest brewing cities in the nation. Cincinnatian’s drank more beer per capita than any other city in the United States at 40 gallons, and the city ranked fourth in terms of total volume production, per barrel. The term bock came from a tradition developed amongst the breweries, who would release all of their bock beer on the same day. Bock beer is a robust and rich lager that marks the end of winter and the welcoming of spring.
A trip through eastern Kentucky
There are days that I like to hit the open road and explore. I just wish my planning skills were somewhat better. Granted that I can navigate the back roads very well and I rarely get lost — relying on my Delorme atlases and forgoing modern GPS conveniences, and that I can drive the narrow [...]
The Ault & Wiborg Company
It’s always a shame when a structurally sound building is demolished for a surface lot. It’s even more upsetting when it is in a central business district.
A rather unassuming reinforced concrete structure, the six-story Ault & Wiborg building was constructed in 1930 along the slopes of the Bloody Run valley. It [...]
Another fire at Parker
A disused warehouse on Elizabeth Street in Maysville, Kentucky caught fire November 6 and resurfaced two days later that totaled the large two-story structure. Portions of the building collapsed onto the adjoining CSX Transportation railroad. The fire, reportedly having started in the basement, is being labeled as “suspicious.”
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