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Michter's Distillery
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This location has been labeled as Demolished, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.
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Demolished. Disappears from imagery between 2011 (satellite) and 2015 (Google streets) leaving 3 empty concrete slabs behind. 2 remain empty as of March 2020, and Hammer Creek Storage was built on the 3rd.
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Type: Building
Status: Demolished
Accessibility: Easy - it's gone
Recommendation: forget it
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dogs
24 hour guard
welded doors
wooden boarding
psycho owner with a shotgun
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flashlight
long pants / sleeves
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Abraham S. Bomberger bought a farm and distillery in 1860 from Elizabeth Shenk Kratzer, great-grandaughter of John Shenk, who had distilled whiskey there since 1753. Abraham's family, most of whom were Mennonites and very religious, frowned upon his venture into the liquor business. On Sundays, as most families did in those days, Abraham and his family visited their families and relatives. After dinner and conversation ended and goodbyes were said, Abraham would reach into the back of his wagon, and pull out a jug of whiskey. As he offered the gift to them, he would say "For medicinal purposes only". Of course they very graciously accepted Abraham's gift. After Abraham died, the business was carried on by his two sons Horst and Samuel Bomberger until Prohibition forced its closure in 1919.
On the last day before the distillery closed, cars, horses and wagons lined up 2½ miles, waiting to buy what they thought was to be the last legal whiskey to be sold. They came on that cold day to fill their casks, bottles and tin cups and to drink their last rations of legal whiskey. Needless to say, their purchases didn't see them through the repeal of Prohibition in 1933.
Pennco Distillers, Inc. of PA acquired the property and made whiskey until 1978 when the property was sold to ******* . Until 1989, when ******* filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, sour mash whiskey was made in the same traditional way that the Bombergers had years before. The distillery was designated a National Historic Landmark by the Department of Interior in June 1980 and, at that time, was the oldest distillery site still operating in the United States.
This landmark, once a major Lebanon County tourist attraction, was abandoned in 1991. Authorities could find no trace of the owners. The property was taken over by the bank after it foreclosed. Currently the property is owned by an unidentified group of Philadelphia area investors, who reportedly intend to bring back the distillery as a tourist attraction.
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It seems that the current owners are letting this place rot. DO NOT TRESSPASS HERE - the owners live right behind the property and won't hesitate to drive down and tell you to leave immediatly with a little help from a shotgun.
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This location's validation is current. It was last validated by
Emperor Wang on 8/8/2023 4:27 PM.
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on Aug 8 23 at 16:27, Emperor Wang validated this location
on Aug 8 23 at 16:25, Emperor Wang changed the following: Display Name, History, Future Plans, Description
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on May 23 14 at 3:08, Steed validated this location
on Apr 4 13 at 16:55, NotLost added some pictures to a gallery
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