Fire at Pepper Distillery

ID: 1944
This file appears in: Lexington Historic Distillery District

This photograph shows a scene from the 1934 fire at the James E. Pepper Distillery in Lexington. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.

This file appears in: Lexington Historic Distillery District

By Whitney Todd
Historical Marker #2313 notes the legacy and location of Lexington's Historic Distillery District. Shortly after the end of the Civil War, the Headley and Farra Company established a distillery in…