Buffalo Trace named National Historic Landmark

Buffalo Trace Distillery has been named a National Historic Landmark by the Department of the Interior.

It now joins the ranks of fellow landmarks such as the Alamo, the White House and the Empire State Building. There are only 2,577 such designations in the US.

The distillery described the honour as, “a rare, intact example of a distillery operating before, during and after Prohibition with intact distillery resources ranging in date from ca. 1880 to 1953.

“These resources provide an unparalleled opportunity to study at one site the evolution of the building types, building materials and construction technology associated with the American whiskey industry over time.”

Buffalo Trace has spent the last 15 years undergoing the submission process and CEO, Mark Brown, said that “nothing has made me happier,” in all that time.

He added: “This award is for the Distillery, its people, its builders, its visionaries, its preservers and protectors, its rescuers and those who have come to love it. I cannot think of a more deserving place.”