From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coke bottle design in the facade of the Elmira Building
The following buildings and structures are related to The Coca-Cola Company or their bottlers . As of 2012[update] , 900 factories and bottleries served the company and many buildings formerly used by the company have been added to heritage registers.[ 1]
During the early 20th century Coca-Cola's in-house architect, Jesse M. Shelton, used a compendium of architectural styles but typically included elaborate flourishes including Coke bottle designs in the facades to help promote the company's image.[ 2] During the depression in the 1930s, Coca-Cola often spent $500,000–$600,000 on elaborate bottling plants but, because they are commercial buildings, traditional architects have often overlooked their beauty.[ 3]
Atlanta, Georgia, architects Pringle and Smith designed buildings and created standardized designs for Coca-Cola bottling plants, including one located in Tifton Residential Historic District :
The 1937 Tifton Coca-Cola Bottling Plant is located at 820 Love Avenue. The building is a two-story, brick, commercial Beaux Arts -style building with tile roof, heavy modillions under the cornice, metal factory sash-windows, leaded-glass transoms over plate glass display windows, and decorative cast-concrete door surround. Terra-cotta panels with the trademark "Coca Cola" emblem are located on the façade and side elevations. Designed by the Atlanta architectural firm Pringle and Smith, the building is an example of "Standardized Coca Cola Bottling Plant, Model 3A." Between 1928 and the late 1940s, Pringle and Smith designed a series of plans for bottling plant franchises for the Coca-Cola Company that were built throughout the southeastern United States.[ 4]
Selected Coca-Cola buildings in the United States, by state and city
Building
Image
City
State
Type
Coord
Note
Coca-Cola Building (Morrilton, Arkansas)
Morrilton
Arkansas
Bottling plant
35°9′15″N 92°44′35″W / 35.15417°N 92.74306°W / 35.15417; -92.74306 (Coca-Cola Building (Morrilton, Arkansas) )
Listed on the NRHP in Arkansas
Coca-Cola Ship Building
Los Angeles
California
Bottling plant
34°1′43″N 118°14′42″W / 34.02861°N 118.24500°W / 34.02861; -118.24500 (Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles) )
Streamline Moderne -style building designed by architect Robert V. Derrah in 1939, a
LA Historic-Cultural Monument
Coca-Cola Ft. Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Bottling plant
Listed on the Broward Trust for Historic Preservation's Significant and Endangered Sites in Broward County, Florida[ 5]
Club Cool
Lake Buena Vista
Florida
Attraction
Within Walt Disney's Epcot
Florida Coca-Cola
Ocala
Florida
Bottling plant
29°11′47″N 82°8′11″W / 29.19639°N 82.13639°W / 29.19639; -82.13639 (Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (Ocala, Florida) )
Listed on the NRHP in Florida.
Coca-Cola Trenton
Trenton
Florida
Bottling plant
Listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture [ 6]
Coca-Cola Bottling Plant-Athens
Athens
Georgia
Bottling plant
33°57′35″N 83°23′0″W / 33.95972°N 83.38333°W / 33.95972; -83.38333 (Coca-Cola Bottling Plant-Athens )
Listed on the NRHP in Georgia
Candler Building (1906)
Atlanta
Georgia
Office building
33°45′24″N 84°23′17″W / 33.75667°N 84.38806°W / 33.75667; -84.38806 (Candler Building (Atlanta) )
Listed on the NRHP in Georgia.
Coca-Cola Annex
Atlanta
Georgia
Office building
33°45′21″N 84°22′53″W / 33.75583°N 84.38139°W / 33.75583; -84.38139 (Coca-Cola Building Annex )
Listed on the NRHP in Georgia
Coca-Cola headquarters
Atlanta
Georgia
Office building
Includes One Coca-Cola Place
Coca-Cola Olympic City
Atlanta
Georgia
Attraction
1996 Summer Olympics
Dixie Bottling Plant
Atlanta
Georgia
Bottling plant
34°12′16″N 84°22′10″W / 34.20444°N 84.36944°W / 34.20444; -84.36944 (Dixie Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant )
Listed as a National Historic Landmark ; now part of Georgia State University
World of Coca-Cola
Atlanta
Georgia
Attraction
33°45′46″N 84°23′34″W / 33.76278°N 84.39278°W / 33.76278; -84.39278 (World of Coca-Cola )
Within Pemberton Place
Tifton Coca-Cola Bottling Plant
Tifton
Georgia
Bottling plant
820 Love Avenue31°27′40″N 83°30′24″W / 31.46121°N 83.50658°W / 31.46121; -83.50658 (Tifton Coca-Cola Bottling Plant )
A contributing building in Tifton Residential Historic District
Chicago Coca-Cola
Chicago
Illinois
Office and syrup plant
41°51′54″N 87°37′34″W / 41.86500°N 87.62611°W / 41.86500; -87.62611 (Coca-Cola Building )
Listed on the NRHP in Illinois
Coca-Cola Bottling Company Building (Quincy, Illinois)
Quincy
Illinois
Bottling plant
39°56′18″N 91°22′37″W / 39.93833°N 91.37694°W / 39.93833; -91.37694 (Coca-Cola Bottling Company Building )
Listed on the NRHP in Illinois.
Coca-Cola Bloomington
Bloomington
Indiana
Bottling plant
39°9′50″N 86°31′57″W / 39.16389°N 86.53250°W / 39.16389; -86.53250 (Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant (Bloomington, Indiana) )
Listed on the NRHP in Indiana
Shelbyville Coke Plant
Shelbyville
Kentucky
Bottling plant
38°12′36″N 85°12′24″W / 38.21000°N 85.20667°W / 38.21000; -85.20667 (Coca-Cola Plant(Shelbyville, Kentucky) )
Listed on the NRHP in Kentucky
Biedenharn Museum and Gardens
Monroe
Louisiana
Museum
32°31′11″N 92°7′52″W / 32.51972°N 92.13111°W / 32.51972; -92.13111 (Biedenharn Museum and Gardens )
Coca-Cola Branch Factory
Baltimore
Maryland
Syrup plant
39°16′7″N 76°35′53″W / 39.26861°N 76.59806°W / 39.26861; -76.59806 (Coca-Cola Baltimore Branch Factory )
Listed on the NRHP in Maryland
Coca-Cola Bottling Company Building (Columbia, Missouri)
Columbia
Missouri
Bottling plant
38°57′3″N 92°19′30″W / 38.95083°N 92.32500°W / 38.95083; -92.32500 (Coca-Cola Bottling Company Building (Columbia, Missouri) )
Ragtag Cinema
Coca-Cola Building
Kansas City
Missouri
Office building
39°5′16″N 94°34′52″W / 39.08778°N 94.58111°W / 39.08778; -94.58111 (Coca-Cola Building (Kansas City, Missouri) )
Listed on the NRHP in Missouri
Coca-Cola Syrup Plant
St. Louis
Missouri
Syrup plant
38°32′44.55″N 90°15′57.01″W / 38.5457083°N 90.2658361°W / 38.5457083; -90.2658361 (Coca-Cola Syrup Plant )
Listed on the NRHP in Missouri
Everything Coca-Cola
Paradise
Nevada
Attraction
Coca-Cola Works
Elmira
New York
Bottling plant
42°5′21″N 76°48′58″W / 42.08917°N 76.81611°W / 42.08917; -76.81611 (Elmira Coca-Cola Bottling Company Works )
Listed on the NRHP in New York
Candler Building (1914)
New York City
New York
Office building
40°45′22″N 73°59′18″W / 40.75611°N 73.98833°W / 40.75611; -73.98833 (Candler Building (New York, New York) )
Listed on the NRHP in New York
Coca-Cola sign
New York City
New York
Billboard sign
Times Square
Coca-Cola Bottling Plant
Charlotte
North Carolina
Bottling plant
35°13′43″N 80°51′52″W / 35.22861°N 80.86444°W / 35.22861; -80.86444 (Charlotte Coca-Cola Bottling Company Plant, Former )
Listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
Coca-Cola Bottling Corporation
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bottling plant
39°8′47″N 84°28′26″W / 39.14639°N 84.47389°W / 39.14639; -84.47389 (Coca-Cola Bottling Corporation )
Listed on the NRHP in Ohio; now part of Xavier University
Coca Cola Airport
Corvallis
Oregon
Airport
44°25′19″N 123°15′32″W / 44.42194°N 123.25889°W / 44.42194; -123.25889 (Coca Cola Airport )
(FAA LID : OG49 )
Coca-Cola Park
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Sports venue
40°37′34″N 75°27′9″W / 40.62611°N 75.45250°W / 40.62611; -75.45250 (Coca-Cola Park (Allentown) )
Home field for the IronPigs
Coca Cola Beverages Northeast
Providence
Rhode Island
Distribution center
41°49′52.7″N 71°25′39.8″W / 41.831306°N 71.427722°W / 41.831306; -71.427722 (Coca Cola Beverages Northeast )
Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (Greenville, South Carolina)
Greenville
South Carolina
Bottling plant
34°51′23″N 82°24′10″W / 34.8565°N 82.4028°W / 34.8565; -82.4028 (Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (Greenville, South Carolina) )
Now the Sigal Music Museum ; only the front of the plant survives[ 7]
Coca-Cola Covington
Covington
Tennessee
Bottling plant
35°33′51″N 89°38′58″W / 35.56417°N 89.64944°W / 35.56417; -89.64944 (Coca-Cola Bottling Plant )
Listed on the NRHP in Tennessee
Coca-Cola Works
Winchester
Virginia
Bottling plant
39°10′14.02″N 78°10′38.34″W / 39.1705611°N 78.1773167°W / 39.1705611; -78.1773167 (Winchester Coca-Cola Bottling Works )
Listed on the NRHP in Virginia
^ "Offices & Bottling Plants" . The Coca-Cola Company . 2012.
^ Saffron, Inga (November 18, 2020). "An industrial corner of North Philadelphia offers a refreshing taste of Coca-Cola's architecture" . Philadelphia Inquirer . Retrieved 2020-10-02 .
^ Terrazas, Michael (January 20, 1998). "Thomas studies the beauty of commercial architecture" . Emory Report . Retrieved 2020-10-02 .
^ Brock, Gretchen; Ciucevich, Robert A. (December 20, 2007). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tifton Residential Historic District . National Archives. p. 11. Retrieved February 19, 2021 . Includes accompanying 95 photos from 2005, and detailed map at very end. (Downloading may be slow. Text-only version published by National Park Service also available at https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/08000355_text .)
^ Broward Trust for Historic Preservation's Significant and Endangered Sites in Broward County, Florida Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
^ A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture , 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 55, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3
^ "About Sigal Music Museum" . Sigal Music Museum. Retrieved July 25, 2023 .
Bottling plants
Atlanta
Baltimore
Bloomington, Indiana
Charlottesville, Virginia
Cincinnati, Ohio
Columbia, Missouri
Elmira, New York
Fort Lauderdale
Los Angeles
Ocala, Florida
Placerville, California
Savannah, Georgia
Tallulah, Louisiana
Trenton, Florida
West Yorkshire
Winchester, Virginia
Syrup plants Sports arenas Billboard signs Office buildings Other