Bourbon Barrel Tavern is located in Historic Downtown Elizabethtown. Our building was constructed in approximately 1887. Originally a dry good store and eventually home to Joplin and Lanz, which was the areas largest department store during most of the 1940's, 50's and 60's finally closing in 1973. Often referred to as "The Louisville Store", Joplin and Lanz was a long-time staple of Downtown Elizabethtown during it's heyday but the decline of Downtown during the 70's and 80's left the building in disrepair and underutilized along with most of the Downtown district.