Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (1929-2007)

Houston has lost the 1929 Coca-Cola Bottling Plant (Pringle & Smith and Alfred C. Finn, architects), located on the east side of downtown at 2600 Capitol. The building was most recently occupied by Leggett's Fabrics, which relocated to Fort Bend County in 2005. The area is being redeveloped from industrial to residential, and there is a sign on the corner indicates that the new development will be called "Capitol Oaks Two," a supplement to In-Town Homes' Capitol Oaks. We're just glad they are not a continuation of Waterhill's homes across the street (700 block of Live Oak).

The Coca-Cola Bottling Plant remained at the Capitol St. location until 1950, just in time for the June opening of the new facility at 2800 Bissonnet. which was advertised as "the world's most modern Coca-Cola plant."

Houston's first Coca-Cola Bottling Company was located at 2009 Washington Ave., and in 2003 a historical marker was placed in the location. It opened in 1902, and was one of the first franchises for Coca-Cola bottle distribution. By 1915, the facility moved down the road to a larger building at 1212 Washington Ave. (near the Washington/Preston split).

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