Crompton-Shenandoah Plant

Location200 W. 12th St., Waynesboro, Virginia

Coordinates38°03′48″N 78°53′18″W / 38.06333°N 78.88833°W / 38.06333; -78.88833

Area40.885 acres (16.546 ha)

Built1926 (1926), 1936–1939, 1947–1948

Crompton-Shenandoah Plant
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	200 W. 12th St., Waynesboro, Virginia
Coordinates	38°03′48″N 78°53′18″W / 38.06333°N 78.88833°W / 38.06333; -78.88833
Area	40.885 acres (16.546 ha)
Built	1926 (1926), 1936–1939, 1947–1948
Built by	Southeast Construction Co.
Architect	Barker & Turoff, Harry Graham Co.
NRHP reference No.	11000555[1]
VLR No.	136-5056
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 18, 2011
Designated VLR	June 16, 2011[2]

Crompton-Shenandoah Plant, also known as The Mill at South River, is a historic textile factory complex located at Waynesboro, Virginia, United States. 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.^[1]