May 30, 2009

Coca-Cola Bottling Company

The Old Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Crockett, Texas, was built in the late '20s, early '30s. It was pretty awesome to find this vintage, Art Deco structure so close to home.

2 comments:

Amy said...

Nice Deco find!

I ended up touring the Coke Museum last weekend with the fam and learned that the bottlers were separate and independent from the Coca-Cola company itself. Just hadn't stopped to think about such things. I guess Crockett's bottling company has since moved into a bigger building?

I love the bas relief bottle carving over the door - it's like a Coke bottle out of Greek mythology!

Chris said...

I guess that was in Atlanta, Amy? Sounds like the individual bottlers must be like McDonalds franchisees. Yes, they have definitely moved into a more modern facility.

Isn't that great? It's what lured me to it in the first place. Haha - that is fairly dramatic. As if it's one of the twelve labors of Hercules, or something.