Charlottesville Coca-Cola Bottling Works

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Charlottesville Coca-Cola Bottling Works
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Location722 Preston Ave., Charlottesville, Virginia
Coordinates 38°02′10″N78°29′17″W / 38.03611°N 78.48806°W / 38.03611; -78.48806
Area.95 acres (0.38 ha)
Built1939 (1939), 1955, 1981
Built byDavis & Platt,
ArchitectPlatt, Doran S.
Architectural styleArt Deco
NRHP reference No. 13000045 [1]
VLR No.104-5174
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 27, 2013
Designated VLRDecember 13, 2012 [2]

Charlottesville Coca-Cola Bottling Works is a historic Coca-Cola bottling plant located at Charlottesville, Virginia. It was built in 1939, and is a two-story, reinforced concrete Art Deco style factory faced with brick. It has one-story wing and a detached one-story, 42-truck brick garage supported by steel posts and wood rafters. The design features stepped white cast stone pilaster caps, rising above the coping of the parapet, top the pilasters and corner piers and large industrial style windows. In 1955 a one-story attached brick addition was made on the east side of the garage providing a bottle and crate storage warehouse. In 1981 a one-story, L-shaped warehouse built of cinder blocks was added to the plant. The building was in use as a production facility until 1973 and then as a Coca-Cola distribution center until 2010. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. [1]

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