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Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (Bogalusa, Louisiana)

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Bogalusa Coca Cola Bottling Plant
Two-story brick building with Coca-Cola themed panel
The recently renovated building in 2024
Located on the far eastern edge of Louisiana
Located on the far eastern edge of Louisiana
Located on the far eastern edge of Louisiana
Located on the far eastern edge of Louisiana
Location213 Shenandoah Street, Bogalusa, Louisiana 70427
Coordinates30°47′22″N 89°51′55″W / 30.78944°N 89.86528°W / 30.78944; -89.86528
AreaBogalusa Historic Cultural District
Builtc. 1930
Built byDye & Mullings of Columbus, Mississippi
ArchitectPringle & Smith of Atlanta
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.100003379
Added to NRHPMay 29, 2019

The Coca-Cola Bottling Plant is a former industrial plant in Bogalusa, Louisiana for a bottling franchise of the Coca-Cola company. The National Register of Historic Places listed the building which now operates as an event venue named The Coke Plant.

History

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John Claude "J.C." Mills founded the Bogalusa Coca Cola Bottling Company in 1910 and built a two-story wood structure where the current brick building now stands. This building replaced that earlier structure in either 1930 or 1931. The facility bottled soda until 1985 when the Baton Rouge Coca-Cola Bottling Co. bought the company and closed the Bogalusa plant to consolidate operations.

The building sat vacant for decades and experienced extensive water damage. In 2018, the Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation identified the bottling plant as one of the most endangered historic sites in Louisiana. The next year, the National Register listed it as part of a preservation effort by the Bogalusa Historic Cultural District.[1]

The Blackstone Property Company, owned by Bernie Brennan and James Brennan, purchased the building in 2020 with the intent to restore the structure, partly using historic rehab tax credits. That family had a long-term association with Coca-Cola as they started Brennan's Vend Works, which had been selling Coke products since its founding in 1950. After two years of renovations led by James Brennan, the building reopened in 2023 as "The Coke Plant", a wedding venue with a 500-person capacity.

Architecture

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A similar bottling plant in Tifton, Georgia, but having one fewer terra cotta panel

Coca-Cola hired the architecture firm Pringle & Smith to design standardized designs for their bottling franchises to use when constructing production facilities. These distinctive Beaux-Arts buildings extended Coca-Cola's recognizable branding to the physical landscape of towns. The Bogalusa building is the "Standard Plant No. 3" from the 1929 edition of the Coca-Cola Bottler’s Standards publication.

Both the front and two sides include prominent built-in terra cotta panels featuring the "Coca-Cola" logo and contoured Coke bottle motifs surrounded by honeysuckle leaves. Prior to the renovations, the logos were tinted red and the bottles green, but the panels are now a solid cream color.

The two-story front of the red brick building originally served as the offices and has a formal entrance with a concrete door surround. A hipped roof supported by plain modillions tops this section. The rear of the structure, where the bottling plant and garage were originally located, is just one story with a flat roof. The middle of the structure has a beam roof structure forming a covered central courtyard. Metal factory sash windows are used throughout the complex.

See also

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References

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Category:Coca-Cola buildings and structures Category:Bottling plants Category:Pringle and Smith buildings Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in Louisiana Category:Bogalusa, Louisiana Category:Tourist attractions in Washington Parish, Louisiana Category:National Register of Historic Places in Washington Parish, Louisiana Category:Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Category:Event venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Category:Wedding industry Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1930 Category:1930 establishments in Louisiana

Gem Theater (Pioche, Nevada)

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Gem Theater
The building in 2023
Address2211 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
48201
OwnerOlympia Entertainment
Operator313 Presents
TypePerforming arts center
Capacity5,174
Current useVacant, being restored
Construction
Opened1937
ReopenedPending
Website
[=https://gempioche.com/ gempioche.com]
Gem Theater
Located on the far eastern edge of Louisiana
Located on the far eastern edge of Louisiana
Located on the far eastern edge of Louisiana
Located on the far eastern edge of Louisiana
Location648 Main Street, Pioche, Nevada 89043
Coordinates37°55′48″N 114°27′05″W / 37.93000°N 114.45139°W / 37.93000; -114.45139
AreaBogalusa Historic Cultural District
Builtc. 1930
Built byDye & Mullings of Columbus, Mississippi
ArchitectPringle & Smith of Atlanta
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.100003379[1]
Added to NRHPMay 29, 2019

The Gem Theater is a former industrial plant in Bogalusa, Louisiana for a bottling franchise of the Coca-Cola company. The National Register of Historic Places listed the building which now operates as an event venue named Blah blah.

History

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Architecture

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A similar bottling plant in Tifton, Georgia, but having one fewer terra cotta panel

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "National Register of Historic Places Weekly Lists 2019". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service. February 9, 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Dawson, Peter (February 26, 2021). "A storm blew its roof off, but historic Gem Theater hopes to rebuild and reopen". KSNV-TV. Las Vegas: Sinclair Broadcast Group. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  3. ^ Langeler, John; Lewis, Linsey (April 7, 2024). "Las Vegas woman working to bring only theater in Lincoln County back to life". KLAS-TV. Las Vegas: Nexstar Media Group. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  4. ^ Cruz, Martha (February 14, 2024). "Pioche Theater now listed in the National Register of Historic Places". KSNV-TV. Las Vegas: Sinclair Broadcast Group. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  5. ^ Sheridan, Kevin (February 14, 2024). "Gem Theater in rural Nevada added to National Register of Historic Places". KOLO-TV. Reno, Nevada: Gray Television. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  6. ^ Christian, Mary Louise; Werber, Diane (September 23, 1983). Lawrence-Dietz, Pat (ed.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form: Brown's Hall-Thompson's Opera House". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service. Retrieved November 20, 2024 – via National Archives.
  7. ^ Dineley, Michael (October 31, 2020). "Owner raising money for restoration of Pioche's GEM Theater". Lincoln County Record. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  8. ^ Anderson, Collin (July 24, 2020). "New owner determined to restore Pioche's Gem Theater". Lincoln County Record. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
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Category:Coca-Cola buildings and structures Category:Bottling plants Category:Pringle and Smith buildings Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in Louisiana Category:Bogalusa, Louisiana Category:Tourist attractions in Washington Parish, Louisiana Category:National Register of Historic Places in Washington Parish, Louisiana Category:Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Category:Event venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Category:Wedding industry Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1930 Category:1930 establishments in Louisiana

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