Birthplace of the Coca Cola Bottle

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

Federal Coffee
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