Hartfield & Co. Distillery

Located in historic downtown Paris, Hartfield & Co. Distillery occupies a three-story brick commercial building dating to 1911. Originally associated with the region’s agricultural industry, the building features a traditional red-brick facade, tall upper-story windows, decorative masonry, and expansive ground-floor storefront windows.

Today, the building is home to a working craft distillery, combining early 20th-century commercial architecture with Kentucky’s bourbon-making heritage. Its substantial brick exterior, historic architectural details, and downtown setting offer filmmakers a distinctive backdrop for productions seeking the character of a vintage commercial district or working small-town industrial property.

Interested in Filming Here?

Interested in Hartfield & Co. Distillery as a potential filming location? Contact the Paris-Bourbon County Tourism office for additional information and assistance coordinating your production inquiry.

Locations are featured for scouting purposes. Filming access, availability, and permissions are subject to approval by the appropriate parties.

The Citizen Advertiser

Located on West Eighth Street in downtown Paris, the offices of the Bourbon County Citizen offer a distinctive setting rooted in more than two centuries of local journalism. The newspaper traces its origins to the early 1800s and continues a long tradition of reporting on the people and events of Bourbon County.

Beyond its role as a working community newspaper, the property houses historic printing equipment, archival photographs, and reminders of traditional newspaper production. Its combination of contemporary publishing operations and vintage newspaper artifacts offers filmmakers an intriguing setting for productions seeking the character of a small-town newsroom or the atmosphere of an earlier era of American journalism.

Historic Printing Equipment & Newspaper Heritage

The Citizen’s offices preserve tangible reminders of traditional newspaper production, including vintage printing presses, movable type, and historical photographs. These artifacts offer a glimpse into the evolution of small-town journalism and provide distinctive visual elements for productions depicting newspaper offices, print shops, or the working life of an earlier generation.

Together with the newspaper’s ongoing publishing operations, these historic features create an unusual combination of past and present within a single location.

Interested in Filming Here?

Interested in the Bourbon County Citizen as a potential filming location? Contact the Paris-Bourbon County Tourism office for additional information and assistance coordinating your production inquiry.

Filming access and availability are subject to property owner approval. Interior access, historic equipment, and active newspaper operations may be subject to additional restrictions.