THE BOTTLED-UP POTENTIAL OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION A Coca-Cola bottling plant in Morrilton goes corporate. BY AMBER JONES
LIZ CHRISMAN
Crow Group’s renovated headquarters.
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C Old abandoned Coca-Cola Building in Morrilton. 22 | BLOCK, STREET & BUILDING VOLUME 8 | 2022
row Group Inc. purchased the building long known as the Coca-Cola Building from the city of Morrilton in 2018. The building was originally constructed in 1929 as a Coca-Cola bottling plant and was also the site of the original Morrilton Walmart Number 8 Store in the 1960s. More recently, the building served as Morrilton City Hall and the Morrilton Police Department for 40 years. When the city purchased it in 1978, they installed acoustic tile drop ceilings, golden wood paneling for walls, and linoleum and carpet for the floors. Many areas were divided into smaller office spaces to suit the needs of the city at that time, which also included installing more than 20 jail cells made of concrete and steel.
