The Experiential Design Index

Jack Daniel's Distillery Visitor Center — Jack Daniel's Distillery

The Jack Daniel's Distillery Visitor Center in Lynchburg, Tennessee opened June 26, 2000, designed by HOKe (a themed-environment offshoot of HOK) with a Postmodern design referencing Tennessee's rural vernacular building traditions, including a truss roof sheathed with barrel-slat-like planks.

VenueJack Daniel's Distillery
Project typeNew Building
StatusCompleted
Year completed2000

Credits

FirmRoleNote
HOK Architecture Designed under HOKe, HOK's themed-environment design studio (active 1995 through the early 2000s), not HOK's core practice.

Description

The Visitor Center serves as the gateway for tours of the Jack Daniel's Distillery, housing a theater, retail space, and displays on barrel-making and whiskey production. It has since been supplemented by additional visitor-facing installations on the distillery grounds, including Barrel House 1-14 (2016) and the White Rabbit Bottle Shop (c. 2015).

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