West Overton is a historic village that grew and industrialized around a whiskey distillery. Beginning as a family farm in 1803, the community boasted 50 buildings, including a general store, school, and post office by 1870.
Today, West Overton Village preserves 19 historic buildings across 40 acres and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Visitors can tour the 1838 Overholt Homestead, the museum in the 1859 distillery building, and the educational distillery in which West Overton Village produces its own Monongahela rye whiskey for the first time since Prohibition.
In 2020, West Overton Distilling began producing its own brand of Monongahela rye whiskey to revive the heritage of whiskey distilling at West Overton. Located in our historic two-story brick stock barn, West Overton Distilling produces whiskey with a recipe of 80% rye grain and 20% malted barley, aged in charred White Oak barrels.
