{"nrhp_refnum":"83003152","name":"Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company Building","other_names":["Home of Dr. Pepper"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"300 S. 5th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waco","county":"McLennan County","state":"TX","lat":31.55512944800006,"lon":-97.12940994399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-05-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Industry","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A masonry bottling plant at 300 South 5th Street (corner of 5th and Mary streets) in Waco, McLennan County, Texas, built in 1906 for the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company and known as the Home of Dr Pepper.","why_significant":"The building is a fine local example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, shown in its round-arch openings and prominent voussoirs. It also marks the history of the American beverage industry through its link to the production of Dr Pepper, one of the pioneer soft drinks. It kept most of its original fabric despite tornado damage in 1953.","narrative":"Built in 1906 at the corner of 5th and Mary streets in Waco, this brick bottling plant was designed for the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company and is known as the Home of Dr Pepper. Its broad round-arch openings, rusticated plaster voussoirs, corbeled second-story windows and three-story square tower reflect the influence of H.H. Richardson's Romanesque work. Waco architects Glenn Allen and Milton W. Scott produced the design, with Scott apparently in charge. The plant is tied to the early soft drink industry: Dr Pepper was created in Waco in 1885, and the Artesian company formed in 1891 to bottle it. A tornado in 1953 destroyed the roof over the two-story section, part of a wall and a decorative parapet, yet most original fabric remains. The plant produced Dr Pepper locally until 1965, was sold to Baylor University in 1966 and returned to the company in 1979, which planned a museum.","period_of_significance":"1906-07","architect_builder":"Glenn Allen & Milton W. Scott","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and unoccupied, with work in progress; the owner planned to restore it and convert it to a museum on the history of Dr Pepper.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:19.140245-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/93/9729/40972993/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003152.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003152/58318952d4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003152/58318952d4-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artesian_bottling_building_2008.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artesian_bottling_building_2008.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972993","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107317674"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/mclennan-county/artesian-manufacturing-and-bottling-company-building-83003152/"}