Coca-Cola lives here: The homes of Atlanta's beverage

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Coca-Cola lives here: The homes of Atlanta's beverage

In May 2016, the Coca-Cola Company celebrates 130 years since the first Coca-Cola beverage was poured at Jacobs’ Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta. Take a look at the buildings that have housed the company through the years.

The first (and later the third) home of Coca-Cola was a residence at 107 Marietta Street where Dr. John Pemberton developed the Coca-Cola formula in 1886. New owners returned the manufacturing equipment to the site in 1887. Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company

Jacob's Pharmacy on Marietta Street became the second home of Coca-Cola in 1887 and is the site where the first Coca-Cola was sold. Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company

47 Peachtree Street near Auburn Ave. was the fourth home of Coca-Cola and the site where the formula was perfected. This was the home from 1888 to 1891. Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company.

Coca-Cola's fifth home was Decatur Street near Pryor Street, where the company was granted a charter as a Georgia corporation in 1892. Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company

77 Ivy Street was Coca-Cola's sixth home from 1893 to 1898, when the company's market expanded to every state in the union. Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company

Edgewood Ave. and College Street (now Coca-Cola Place) was the seventh home and the first building erected by the company in 1898. Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company

56 Magnolia Street became the company's eighth home in 1909 to accommodate its growth. Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company

The present home of Coca-Cola is at 310 North Ave NW (North Avenue and Plum Street) and was built in 1920. The Plum Street building became the first headquarters, followed by its current US Headquarters on North Avenue. Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company

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The first (and later the third) home of Coca-Cola was a residence at 107 Marietta Street where Dr. John Pemberton developed the Coca-Cola formula in 1886. New owners returned the manufacturing equipment to the site in 1887. Courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company