This Building Has History ™
Name: Rock Hill Coca Cola Bottling Plant
Architect: N.G. Walker
Builder: J.E. Healan
Constructed: 1925
In 1925, the construction of a second Coca Cola Bottling Plant was announced by Mark Maudlin, the founder of the original plant in Rock Hill. There were two early 20th century houses also located on the lot, which were removed to St. John’s Court behind Saint John’s Methodist Church, and later demolished. This allowed for further commercial development next to the old bottling plant.
The new plant was built double the size of the original on South Trade Street, costing $20,000. It was a two story brick building, about 100 feet in length, and “…located between Davis’s Boarding Home and the Bigger’s home,” according to the Herald.
This lot is currently the location of Swim, Bike, and Run, a cycling and sports shop.
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