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East Main Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses 45 contributing buildings and 1 contributing site in the town of Christiansburg. It includes principally single family brick and frame dwellings dated to the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
Christiansburg Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses 32 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district of Christiansburg. The district includes a variety of one-, two-, or three-story ...
South Franklin Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses 26 contributing buildings in the town of Christiansburg. It includes principally single family brick and frame dwellings dated to the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
Notable buildings include the Surface-Lee Block, Dew Drop Inn, Epperly Pontiac dealership, Cambria Hardware Company Building, Palmer Store, Lee House, Cambria Baptist Church (1928), and the New Christiansburg Depot (1906). The Cambria Freight Station is located in the district and listed separately. [3]
A fire following a temperance march in 1900 destroyed several buildings along West Main Street in the downtown area. Despite this fire, Christiansburg experienced vigorous growth in the first decade of the 20th century, growing from 659 persons in 1900 to 1,568 in 1910.
East Main Street Historic District: East Main Street Historic District: January 10, 1991 : E. Main St. from Roanoke and Pepper Sts. to the old high school, and Park St. from E. Main to Lester St. Christiansburg: 25
It is part of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Montgomery County, Virginia and the Virginia cities of Blacksburg, Christiansburg, and Radford for statistical purposes. [2] [3] [4] A post office was established at Cambria in 1890, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1965. [5]
Its county seat is Christiansburg, [2] and Blacksburg is the largest town. Montgomery County is part of the Blacksburg-Christiansburg metropolitan area . It is dominated economically by the presence of Virginia Tech , Virginia's third largest public university, [ 3 ] which is the county's largest employer.