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Virginia Soft Drink Bottling Plants

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former Coca-Cola bottling plant
Alexandria, VA
This Coca-Cola bottling plant was built in 1932. In 1944, this corner entrance replaced a lawn area. In 1983, the building was renovated and converted for use as office and retail space. [map]

Coca-Cola bottling plant
Charlottesville, VA
This Coca-Cola bottling plant was designed by Doran Platt and built in 1939. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was used as a bottling plant until 1973. It became a distribution center until 2010. These photos were taken then. Around 2012, the building was restored. Since 2015, the building has housed the Kardinal Hall beer garden. [map]

Charlottesville:
Coca-Cola

Covington:
Coca-Cola

Culpeper:
Coca-Cola

former Pepsi-Cola bottling plant
Danville, VA
This former Pepsi-Cola bottling plant constructed as a whiskey brewery sometime around 1887 by the C. T. Brown Brewery Company. In 1931, the building was purchased by the Gibson Bottling Company. They produced Red Rock Cola and Ginger Ale, NuGrape, Valley Forge Special, and Celery Cola. Around 1936, Gibson became the Danville bottler of Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi was bottled here until 1954 when a new plant was built elsewhere in town. The building continued to be used by Gibson for storage. In 1984, the City of Danville became the owner of the property. In 1996, the building was renovated and it is now used as a public meeting space and for special events. [map]

Coca-Cola bottling plant
Exmore, VA
The Coca-Cola building most recently housed A-Z Exmore Used Furniture & Antiques. It is vacant now. [map]

Fredericksburg:
Coca-Cola

Gloucester:
Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola bottling plant
Lynchburg, VA
The advertisements on this Coca-Cola bottling plant were repainted in 2007. Does anyone know what the years of operation were here? [map]

Coca-Cola bottling plant
Montross, VA
The Coca-Cola building is also known as the Northern Neck Coca Cola Bottling Co. I believe this building is from the 1920s. The painted sign is a replica of a 1953 advertisement. There were two windows there originally. [map]

Coca-Cola bottling plant
Newport News, VA
This Coca-Cola bottling plant has been vacant for years. It was built in 1898 and housed the Daily Press building until 1904. It became the Coca-Cola plant in 1916. [map]

Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola
Norfolk, VA
The Mid-Atlantic Coca-Cola bottling plant was built in 1958. It was designed by A. Ray Pentecost, Jr. Bottling ceased at this location in 1982 but the building is still used for distribution and office space. [map]

former Coca-Cola bottling plant
Norton, VA
This Coca-Cola bottling plant seems to have been built between 1917 and 1923. The plant closed in the late 1980s or early 1990s. The building appears to be used for apartments now. Does anyone know the history of this building? For more, see this website. [map]

Coca-Cola bottling plant
Richmond, VA
This Coca-Cola bottling plant was designed by Joseph J. Schlesser and built in 1953. Just a couple of months after these photos were taken in 2007, the plant closed and the giant bottle was gone. Does anyone know where the bottle went? The building now houses the The Preserve apartment building. [map]

former Dr Pepper bottling plant
Roanoke, VA
This Dr Pepper bottling plant appears to be from the 1920s or 1930s. The building now houses the Willmer Tire & Service Center. The original "10-2-4" Dr Pepper sign is still there. [map]

South Hill:
Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Building
Staunton, VA
This Coca-Cola building served as a bottling plant. It was built in 1927 and then enlarged in 1953. The tile mosaic and facade were added in 1964. Coca-Cola last operated here in the mid-1980s. For more, see this website. [map]

Coca-Cola bottling plant
Winchester, VA
This Coca-Cola bottling plant was built in 1940. The building appeared to be vacant when these photos were taken in 2008. By 2014, the building was restored as the Bottling Works apartment building. The ground floor now houses FASTSIGNS. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register. [map]

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