{"nrhp_refnum":"87000985","name":"Coca-Cola Bottling Corporation","other_names":["Coca-Cola Bottling Works"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1507 Dana Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.146423843000036,"lon":-84.47382114399994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-07-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1938 industrial building at 1507 Dana Avenue in the Evanston area of Cincinnati, Ohio, near Xavier University. It was built as a Coca-Cola bottling plant and has a two-story office front, a one-story bottling and warehouse section, and a 1967 rear addition.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the plant is an exceptionally significant, locally distinctive example of Art Moderne architecture with Art Deco detailing applied to an industrial building. Its streamlined design was chosen to project an image of a modern, efficient, automated operation. The intact two-story lobby and its 1938 mural by John Holmer, Jr. add to its importance.","narrative":"Built in 1938 at 1507 Dana Avenue in Cincinnati's Evanston area, this former Coca-Cola bottling plant combines a polished office front with a working factory. The two-story Art Moderne section is faced with Indiana limestone and centered on a fluted three-story shaft that holds the main entrance. Behind it stand a one-story brick bottling and warehouse block and a 1967 rear addition, together covering more than 150,000 square feet on nearly seven acres beside the railroad. Inside, a circular two-story lobby has terrazzo floors, marlite marble and olive wood paneling, and two semi-circular staircases. A mural signed by John Holmer, Jr. in 1938 shows people enjoying Coca-Cola at local leisure spots alongside scenes of plant workers. Architect John Henri Deeken designed the building. It was listed for its architecture. Its streamlined look and smooth materials were meant to convey a clean, efficient, automated production process. The lobby survives largely intact from that period.","period_of_significance":"1938","architect_builder":"John Henri Deeken","architectural_style":"Art Moderne, with Art Deco detailing","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Bottling production stopped on August 1, 1986, and some machinery was being moved to a new Coca-Cola plant on Duck Creek Road. The form says a new owner would rearrange the warehouse areas for its own use. Condition is listed as excellent and altered.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.860922-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000985.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000985/e16447197d-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000985/e16447197d-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CokeBottling.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Photo by Greg Hume (Greg5030)</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CokeBottling.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988843","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_Bottling_Plant_(Cincinnati,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139064"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/coca-cola-bottling-corporation-87000985/"}