Your name saw this post on The ActiveRain Real Estate Network and thought it might be of interest to you. Please see the link below to review the post.

‘The Bottle’ in Auburn will receive historic marker
Posted: Saturday, April 11, 2015 7:36 pm | Updated: 7:39 pm, Sat Apr 11, 2015.
Special to the News
The Auburn Heritage Association will hold a historic marker dedication for “The Bottle” on at 2:30 p.m. April 25 at the corner of U.S. Highway 280 and Alabama Highway 147 (North College Street), which is the original location of “The Bottle.”
“The Bottle” is a site still listed on Alabama Highway maps as the gateway into Auburn, and is named for a giant Nehi Bottle that once stood at the location. The bottle was made of wood that spanned 64 feet high and 49 feet in width. It served as a gas service station and local hangout for neighbors and tourist alike to get to together and spin yarns. It also had a wooden staircase inside that ascended to the second floor and served as living quarters for students. A platform was built for parties and the “cap” of the bottle was the roof.
“The Bottle” was built in 1924 by John “Chero-cola” Williams of the Nehi Bottling Company in Opelika. President Franklin Roosevelt stopped by on his way to Auburn in the spring of 1936. Unfortunately it burned in the fall of 1936, but has ... more

__________________________________________________
Are you on The Rain? Grow Your Network!