{"nrhp_refnum":"94000717","name":"Washington Manufacturing Company","other_names":["Tennille Yarn Mill","Tennille Mill"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Between E. Montgomery and Church Sts. at White Line St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tennille","county":"Washington County","state":"GA","lat":32.94142635950004,"lon":-82.80491259913326,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-07-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A long, narrow, multi-story brick textile mill in Tennille, Washington County, Georgia, on a roughly 10-acre lot along the railroad tracks. The original section was designed by architect Charles E. Choate and built 1900-1903, with later additions in 1937 and 1950.","why_significant":"The 1900-1903 mill section and its nearby warehouse are the only surviving example of industrial design by Charles Choate in Washington County. They also represent typical turn-of-the-century southern mill architecture, and unusually many original windows remain open.","narrative":"Tennille's mill on East Montgomery and Church Streets is a long, narrow brick building that has served textile manufacturing for more than ninety years. Its original two-story section, 17 bays long, was designed by architect Charles E. Choate and completed by 1903 for the newly formed Tennille Mill Company. A square tower with blind arches and battlement-style brickwork marks the front, and rounded wooden brackets circle the roofline beneath a stepped parapet. A partial third floor was added in 1937, and a three-story extension followed in 1950. Inside, wooden beams, columns and wide plank floors remain, and the original elevators still operate. The mill and its brick warehouse are recognized because they are the only known industrial work by Choate in Washington County and a good example of early twentieth-century southern mill design. Many original tall, segmental-arched windows remain open, which is uncommon among surviving mills. The plant still makes gauze-type fabric.","period_of_significance":"1900-1937","architect_builder":"Charles E. Choate, architect (1900-1903 original section of mill)","architectural_style":"none--no style","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a manufacturing facility; the plant continues to produce a gauze-type fabric, similar to its original product.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.241414-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/94000717.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93206712","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/washington-county/washington-manufacturing-company-94000717/"}