Lewis Loder (1819-1905) / Petersburg Distillery

Lewis Loder (1819-1905) / Petersburg Distillery (HM2GD6)

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N 39° 4.191', W 84° 52.152'

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Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to
Petersburg in 1858 and lived in a
c. 1840 house at Tanner & Front Sts.
He served as justice of the peace
and operated a tavern in his home
for many years. Loder was hired as
clerk & bookkeeper at the Petersburg Distillery, 1865. His diaries recorded
distillery business as well as daily
life In Boone Co. from 1857-1904Est. in 1817 as Petersburg Steam
Mill Co. at the south end of town,
In 1833 William Snyder bought the
mill; 3 years later he was distilling
whiskey. By 1861, he had lost the
business. In 1869, it was sold to
Freiburg & Workum and it became
the largest distillery in Ky. Closed
& dismantled by 1919, the bricks
were used in many buildings in town.
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HM NumberHM2GD6
Series This marker is part of the Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society series
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Year Placed2015
Placed ByBoone County Historical Society, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Transportation
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 at 11:03am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 684336 N 4326688
Decimal Degrees39.06985000, -84.86920000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 4.191', W 84° 52.152'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 4' 11.46" N, 84° 52' 9.1200000000001" W
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