Crompton-Shenandoah Plant Explained

Crompton-Shenandoah Plant
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:June 16, 2011[1]
Designated Other1 Number:136-5056
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:200 W. 12th St., Waynesboro, Virginia
Coordinates:38.0633°N -78.8883°W
Built:, 1936–1939, 1947–1948
Architect:Barker & Turoff, Harry Graham Co.
Builder:Southeast Construction Co.
Added:August 18, 2011
Refnum:11000555[2]

Crompton-Shenandoah Plant, also known as The Mill at South River, is a historic textile factory complex located at Waynesboro, Virginia. The complex includes 11 contributing buildings and 8 contributing structures involved in the dyeing and finishing of the gray corduroy and velveteen goods. The historic buildings and structures were built beginning in 1926 through 1948. The complex includes two plant buildings, a machine shop/supply storage building, a former enameling plant, a boiler house, a water softener building, a chemical storage building, a lab, a gate house/personnel office, an office building and a retail store. The factory closed in the 1980s along with most Crompton Corporation plants.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm. 21 September 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2011-08-26. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/15/11 through 8/19/11. National Park Service.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Crompton-Shenandoah Plant. Alison S. Blanton. March 2011. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying six photos