Coca-Cola Building (Los Angeles)

{{Short description|Historic beverage bottling facility in Los Angeles, California}}

{{Infobox historic site

| name = Coca-Cola Building

| image = Coca-Cola Building Los Angeles.jpg

| image_size =

| caption = View from corner

| location= 1200-1334 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California

| coordinates = {{coord|34|1|43|N|118|14|42|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Los Angeles

| area = Downtown Los Angeles / South Los Angeles

| built = {{Start date and age|1939}}

| architect= Robert V. Derrah

| architecture= Streamline Moderne

| designation1 = Los Angeles

| designation1_date = February 5, 1975{{Cite journal | last = Los Angeles Department of City Planning | date = November 15, 2010 | title = Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments| place = Los Angeles, CA | publisher = City of Los Angeles | url =http://www.preservation.lacity.org/files/HCMDatabase111510_0.pdf | access-date = 2011-02-12 }}

| designation1_number = 138

| governing_body = Private

}}

The Coca-Cola Building is a Coca-Cola bottling plant modeled as a Streamline Moderne building designed by architect Robert V. Derrah with the appearance of a ship with portholes, catwalk and a bridge from five existing industrial buildings in 1939.{{Cite web|url=https://www.coca-colacompany.com/stories/historical-landmarks-the-coca-cola-building|title=Historical Coca-Cola Buildings|website=The Coca-Cola Company|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-03}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/pplot.13725/?sp=45|title=Designed in 1939 by Robert V. Derrah, Los Angeles's Streamline Moderne Coca-Cola Bottling Plant affects an oceanliner, complete with a flying bridge, promenade deck and portholes. The shell was built around four older buildings, 04/07/05, LC-DIG-pplot-13725-01342 (digital file from LC-HS503-470)|website=Library of Congress|access-date=2019-08-03}}{{Cite web|url=http://dornsife.usc.edu/la-walking-tour/coca-cola-building/|title=Coca-Cola Building > Downtown Los Angeles Walking Tour > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences|website=dornsife.usc.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-08-03}} It is located at 1334 South Central Avenue in Los Angeles, California. It was designated Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument Number 138 on 5 Feb 1975. It is often referred to as the Coke Building.