Coca Cola Bottling Plant

Coca Cola Bottling Plant. . The Coca Cola bottling plant is located next to the Crystal Ice House and the old railway depot in the heart of historic downtown Trenton. It was originally built by Mr. J. F. Haigler in 1925. In 1956 the Florida Coca-Cola Company of Daytona Beach purchased the Trenton operation. Mr. Eudell Parrish, a Trenton native, spent thirty-three years managing the Coca Cola Plant in Trenton until its closure. , New Years day of 1975 was a sad day for the residents of Trenton. After fifty years of continuous operation from 1925 to 1975, the Coca Cola bottling plant locked its doors for the last time. Many of Trenton's current residents remember moments in their childhood when they looked in the large front window to watch the plant's bottling operations and were offered a warm coke by the plant manager. Unbeknownst to anyone at the time, the old Coca Cola building would sit vacant for almost thirty years. , On July 8, 2003 the old Coca Cola Bottling Plant opened its doors as the Suwannee Valley Quilt Shoppe and the Suwannee Rose Café. , The Coca Cola Bottling Plant was purchased by Paul and Stephanie Metts January 31, 2003. , Florida Quilt Trail , Trenton and The Tri County Area , February 15, 2013.