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GARDEN & GUN Magazine
The Ashbrook Hotel Combines Pops of Color and a Bourbon Pedigree in Frankfort, Kentucky
The historic home of a distinguished distiller once again welcomes guests to bourbon country
February 25, 2025
“The stately home at 300 Washington Street in the heart of Frankfort, Kentucky’s quaint downtown has long been known to locals. Nicknamed “Queen of the Corner,” the original, two-story Federal was built by a physician in 1815, and soon after it expanded to include significant Greek Revival elements. By the 1870s it served as the residence of E.H. Taylor Jr., founder of Old Taylor Distillery and O.F.C. Distillery, forerunner of the modern bourbon behemoth Buffalo Trace. Through subsequent owners, the edifice hosted President Woodrow Wilson, was the HQ of a preservation group, and earned inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.”