The Blakely Freezer Locker was incorporated in 1945 under the leadership of H. E. Hightower, H. C. Clinkscales, H. A. Walton, C. E. Boyett, Oscar Whitchard, J. B. Jones, Sevola Jones, W. P. Smith, and F. D. Grist. The Streamline Moderne building was completed in 1946.