Bardstown in Nelson County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Crume Drug Store

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 18, 2025

1. Crume Drug Store Marker

Inscription. Crume Drug Store has been in operation as a dispenser of drugs for over 150 years, located in this quarter of a block. Its owner for the first 53 years was David S. Wood. He was joined in 1900 by its second owner, J. Robert Crume, who ran the store for 50 years. He compounded his own medicines and elixirs, before the days of modern medicine, very successfully. As medicine advanced so did the store. It was moved to its present location of the block in 1984 by Phil Bowling. The building in which it is now located was operated for many years as a buggy shop. The second floor was used for storage, and buggies could be brought down by a rope operated elevator.

Contributing to the Bardstown National Register District

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1900.

Location. 37° 48.636′ N, 85° 28.032′ W. Marker is in Bardstown, Kentucky, in Nelson County. It is at the intersection of West Flaget Street and West Mulberry Alley, on the right when traveling east on West Flaget Street. Touch for map. Marker

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is at or near this postal address: 111 W Flaget St, Bardstown KY 40004, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Louisville Area.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Beall's Row (within shouting distance of this marker); Spalding & Sons (within shouting distance of this marker); The Lafayette Hotel (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Smiley - Browne Building (about 300 feet away); Smiley-Losson Building (about 300 feet away); Lot #50 - A History of Old City Hall (about 300 feet away); The Jacob Rizer House (about 400 feet away); Crystal Building (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bardstown.

Crume Drug Store Marker on the storefront, right of the main entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 18, 2025

2. Crume Drug Store Marker on the storefront, right of the main entrance

Crume Drug Store canopy image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Parker, August 18, 2025

3. Crume Drug Store canopy

Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 2, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 123 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 2, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.