{"nrhp_refnum":"97000423","name":"Elmira Coca-Cola Bottling Company Works","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"415 W. 2nd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Elmira","county":"Chemung County","state":"NY","lat":42.089362417000075,"lon":-76.81574975699994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-05-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story Art Moderne brick industrial and office building with an attached one-story service wing at 415 West Second Street, Elmira, Chemung County, New York. It was built in 1939-1940 for the Elmira Coca-Cola Bottling Works to a design by Baltimore architect Lucius Read White, Jr.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is significant under criteria A and C. It is strongly associated with the Coca-Cola bottling industry and its franchise system, and it is a streamlined Art Moderne bottling plant that reflects the company's up-to-date image. It represents both a local business and a nationwide marketing strategy.","narrative":"Built in 1939-1940 on West Second Street in Elmira, this T-shaped complex combines a two-story brick main building with a one-story service wing. Baltimore architect Lucius Read White, Jr., designed it in the Art Moderne style, with rounded corners, glass block windows and a carved limestone entrance frieze showing the Coca-Cola trademark. Inside, the plant housed offices, a bottling room with a public viewing platform, a stock room, and a second-floor syrup mixing and storage area. The Elmira Coca-Cola Bottling Works operated there until the early 1980s. White also designed similar Coca-Cola plants in Syracuse, Albany and South Glens Falls. The building was listed for its link to the Coca-Cola bottling industry, which grew through franchised local bottlers, and for its architecture. It was rehabilitated for office use in 1995-1996, with removable partitions on the first floor and the original office suite and second story left intact.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Lucius Read White, Jr., architect (Baltimore)","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Streamlined Modern/Art Moderne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Bottling use ended in the early 1980s. The building was rehabilitated in 1995-1996 for office use, with the original first-floor office suite and the second story unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.325491-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/97000423.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000423/e4648579d0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/97000423/e4648579d0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Lvklock","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elmira_CocaCola.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Lvklock</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elmira_CocaCola.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83003906","name":"Near Westside Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/near-westside-historic-district-83003906/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316804","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmira_Coca-Cola_Bottling_Company_Works","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5366801"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chemung-county/elmira-coca-cola-bottling-company-works-97000423/"}