BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – If it seems like Kern County Museum Executive Director Mike McCoy gets a phone call every time a historic building closes down or burns down, that’s because it’s pretty much the case.
At his Mission Bank Neon Plaza, he’s always looking for new additions, and he now has a new, beloved resident coming to join the existing 40 signs within the next few months.
It’s that old 7Up sign from the iconic art deco soft drink bottling plant on East 18th Street in Bakersfield. The bottler, now known as Keurig-Dr Pepper, moved to a new warehouse on James Road last month. Workers came back and fetched the historic sign mere days before an arson fire tragically gutted the architectural treasure…