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Generally Salem Ave., Rorer Ave., and Campbell Ave. between 3rd and 6th Sts.; also the 400-600 blocks of Campbell Ave.; also the 700 block of Patterson Ave. 37°16′21″N 79°56′58″W / 37.272500°N 79.949444°W / 37.272500; -79.949444 ( Salem Avenue-Roanoke Automotive Commercial Historic
Roanoke City Market Historic District, also known as City Market District, is a national historic district located in the Downtown Roanoke area of Roanoke, Virginia. The district's history dates to 1882, when the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) began the process of locating its headquarters to the small town of Big Lick. [ 4 ]
Granby Street, Newport Avenue, Seekel Street, Thole Street 36°54′23″N 76°16′34″W / 36.9063°N 76.2762°W / 36.9063; -76.2762 ( Granby Street Suburban Institutional 22
The house dates to about 1775, and is a single pile, double-pen dwelling consisting of two abutted two-bay, two-story log structures set on limestone foundation. It was built by Scottish settler George Baxter, whose son George A. Baxter served as president of Washington and Lee University from 1799 to 1829. [3]
In 1992 N&W's successor Norfolk Southern moved into a new office building in Downtown Roanoke and donated the former offices to a nonprofit foundation. [5] The two wings comprising GOB–South were converted to upscale apartments in 2002, [5] while GOB–North is the home of the Roanoke Higher Education Center. [6]
[4]: 65 The town became the City of Roanoke in 1884. [4]: 71 The city was in need of housing for the many N&W employees moving to the area, and in 1888, Mortimer M. Rogers, son-in-law of the early Roanoke Valley settler George Plater Tayloe, sold a portion of the family's Buena Vista estate to the Belmont Land Company.
HAMPTON, Va. — Justice Alexander, a senior at Granby High School in Norfolk, Virginia, felt something come over him as the bus carrying 21 of his classmates entered the grounds of Fort Monroe on ...
Downtown Roanoke is located at the heart of the city and is roughly bounded by Interstate 581, Elm Avenue, 5th Street and the Norfolk Southern right-of-way. [8] The Downtown core is noted as the center of business for the Roanoke Valley, the Roanoke City Market, Downtown Historic District and many other attractions and amenities. [9]