Historical Marker
Petersburg Distillery/ Lewis Loder
Historical marker location:
Petersburg, Kentucky
( Front St. in Riverview Park, Petersburg)
Est. 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.