A barn in Pike County, near Molena, Ga. has been placed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The yellow-bricked barn, also known as the the William Barker Whiskey Bonding Barn has stood in the south end of Pike County since late in the 19th century.
William Barker built the barn around 1870 as a bonding house for at least five whiskey distilleries in Pike county.
Chris Curry of Pike Historic Preservation says the organization bought the barn in 2003. She says whiskey once was stored in bonding barns for three to five years to circumvent the payment of federal excise taxes while the whiskey aged.
Barker died in 1902, and the barn was used to store cotton, a store for tenant farmers, a turkey farm warehouse, and for a short time, a school.
William Barker built the barn around 1870 as a bonding house for at least five whiskey distilleries in Pike county.
Chris Curry of Pike Historic Preservation says the organization bought the barn in 2003. She says whiskey once was stored in bonding barns for three to five years to circumvent the payment of federal excise taxes while the whiskey aged.
Barker died in 1902, and the barn was used to store cotton, a store for tenant farmers, a turkey farm warehouse, and for a short time, a school.
