Yes, most of the distilleries that were in towns and cities have been torn down or repurposed. If they were out in the country, it is more likely that they were abandoned or simply repurposed. Outcomes vary widely. Some stood empty for decades before they were restarted. Some were converted back from other uses. Some were abandoned intact and restarted, but probably not for more than ten or twenty years at the most. I know of one distillery in a city that stood abandoned for decades, and was only recently turned into condos. And some rural sites that were demolished. Some burned down, before or after closure.
Sometimes they were torn down to reuse the site, sometimes to reuse the building materials. Some of the buildings were probably not particularly sturdy.
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Date: 2013-11-14 01:07 am (UTC)From:Sometimes they were torn down to reuse the site, sometimes to reuse the building materials. Some of the buildings were probably not particularly sturdy.