Milk Bottle Grocery
National Register of Historic Places

Milk Bottle Grocery

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Listed
March 5, 1998
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
98000199

About this property

The Milk Bottle Grocery, located at 2426 N. Classen Boulevard in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a grocery building with a large metal Braum's milk bottle atop its roof. The store was constructed in 1930, and the milk bottle was added in ca. 1948. The bottle was designed to draw attention to the store, as the tall bottle would be visible to automobile traffic along Classen Boulevard, which was part of U.S. Route 66 at the time; it also served as an advertisement for the dairy industry. The store is also one of the few triangular buildings in Oklahoma City, as it occupies a corner lot in an area where Classen Boulevard cuts diagonally through the city's street grid. Due to its shape, the store was known as the Triangle Grocery from 1940 until 1948, when it became the Milk Bottle Grocery due to its new statue. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1998. The Saigon Baguette, a Vietnamese bánh mì shop, occupied the space for several years. In August 2014 it was announced that the building would be restored to its original appearance.

Location

2426 N. Classen Blvd.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
35.49433, -97.53226

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Sources

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When was Milk Bottle Grocery listed on the National Register?

Milk Bottle Grocery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 5, 1998.

What type of historic resource is Milk Bottle Grocery?

Milk Bottle Grocery is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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