Birthplace of the Coca Cola Bottle
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In 1915, the Coca-Cola Company sent out a challenge to glass companies across the US to design a “bottle so distinct that you would recognize it by feeling in the dark or lying broken on the ground.”
The Root Glass Company in Terre Haute, Indiana created the winning design, making the city the birthplace of the iconic bottle that is recognized around the world.
LIGHTNING IN A BOTTLE FROM THE DOCUMENTARY FILM 'THE STORY OF TERRE HAUTE'
THE COKE BOTTLE
SCULPTURE PROJECT
The 6-foot-tall Coke Bottle sculptures throughout Terre Haute exhibit the pride the community takes in its role in the development of this world-renowned packaging design. The sculpture is part of the Root Family Public Art Project. To learn more about the history of the Coca-Cola Bottle, visit the Vigo County Historical Museum.
CDI, Inc
600 Wabash Ave.
Artist: Jackie Tice
Chamber of Commerce,
Work One & EDC
630 Wabash Ave.
Artist: Mary Ann Michna
First Financial Bank
One First Financial Plaza
Artist: Becky Hochhalter
Williams Law
646 Walnut St.
Artist: Bill Wolfe
Gary Greiner
668 Walnut St.
Artist: James Shepard
Morgan Stanley
712 Walnut St.
Artist: Becky Hochhalter
ISU Root Hall
424 N. Seventh St.
Artist: Courtney Prather
Sigma Phi Epsilon
831 N. Fifth St.
Artist: Troy Fears
Pi Kappa Alpha ISU
840 N. 7th St.
Artists: Becky & Peyton Hochhalter
TBM Building Services
20 N. 14th St.
Artist: Troy Fears
Baesler's Market
2900 Poplar St.
Artist: James Shepard
Tribune-Star
Westminster Village,
1120 E. Davis Dr.
Artists: JoAnne Fiscus & Barbara Dreher
Terre Haute Regional Airport
581 S. Airport St.
Artist: Jody O'Neil
Tabco
1100 State Road 46
Artist: Chelsea Moody
Terre Haute CVB
5353 E. Margaret Dr.
Artist: Jackie Tice
Custom Stone Products
509 E. Preston St.
Artist: Larry Jones
CAVU Ops
2500 Prairieton Rd.
Artist: Becky Hochhalter
Ivy Tech Community College
8000 Education Dr.
Artist: David Gill
Arc of Vigo County
11 Cherry St.
Artist: James Shepard
City of Terre Haute
17 Harding St.
Artists: Susan & Michael Tingley
Vigo Co. Prosecutor
33 S. Third St.
Artist: Jackie Tice
Corner Grind
683 Wabash Ave.
Artist: Becky Hochhalter
Terre Haute Children's Museum
727 Wabash Ave.
Artists: David Gill &
Kari Rajkumar
Root Family
Vigo Co. History Center
929 Wabash Ave.
Artist: Neil Garrison
Wabash Valley Community Foundation
200 S. Eighth St.
Artist: James Shepard
Goldsmith House
602 S. 7th St.
Artists: Edward & Sarah Trover
United Campus Ministries
321 N. Seventh St.
Artist: Bryan Bromstrup
Coca Cola Consolidated
Lafayette & Eighth Ave.
Artist: Ryan Wilkerson
Sycamore Engineering
1010 Chestnut St.
Artist: Bryan Bromstrup
Nikki's Salon
1115 Walnut St.
Artist: Brandy Gum
Corporate Square
2901 Ohio Blvd.
Artists: Valerie Funk & John Criss
Sycamore Storage
3250 Locust St.
Artist: Cathleen Hogan
Rose Hulman Hatfield Hall
5500 Wabash Ave.
Artist: Bryan Bromstrup
Brown Veterinary
909 S. 25th St.
Artist: Becky Hochhalter
CANDLES Holocaust Museum
1532 S. 3rd St.
Artist: Jackie Tice
Goodwill Industries
2702 S. Third St.
Artists: Becky Hochhalter
Scott's Custom Colors
3140 N. 25th St.
Artist: James Shepard
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods
3301 St. Mary's Rd.
Artists: Jody O'Neil, Jordyn Lloyd, Bry'Chell Johnson, Bria Hall
First Responders
28 S. Ninth St.
Artist: Michael Roberts