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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Roanoke, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map. [1]
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 ]
The Roanoke Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located in the Downtown Roanoke area of Roanoke, Virginia. It encompasses 122 contributing buildings. It includes a variety of commercial, institutional, social, and governmental buildings and structures from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century.
Roanoke Apartments; Roanoke City Firehouse No. 6; Roanoke City Health Center; Roanoke City Market Historic District; Roanoke Downtown Historic District (Roanoke, Virginia) Roanoke River and Railroad Historic District; Roanoke Shops; Roanoke Star; Roanoke station (Virginia) Roanoke Warehouse Historic District; Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport
Southwest Historic District is a national historic district located at Roanoke, Virginia. It encompasses 1,547 contributing buildings constructed between 1882 and 1930 in the Roanoke neighborhoods of Old Southwest, Mountain View, and Hurt Park. It is a primarily residential district with houses in a variety of popular late-19th and early-20th ...
Downtown is the central business district of Roanoke, Virginia, United States.Developed after the completion of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad in 1882, the Downtown core forms the geographic center of the city and the center of business for the Roanoke Valley and Southwest Virginia, the Roanoke City Market, the Roanoke Downtown Historic District and many other attractions and amenities.
South Roanoke is a neighborhood located in southeast Roanoke, Virginia, surrounded roughly by the Roanoke River to the north and Mill Mountain to the east, centered on Crystal Spring Avenue. It borders the neighborhoods of Southern Hills on the south, South Jefferson on the north, and Mill Mountain on the east and Franklin-Colonial on the west. [1]
[3] [4]: 772 A 1939 collective bargaining agreement between American Viscose and the Textile Workers Union of America increased wages an additional 6%. [3] The firm maintained a Roanoke workforce of 4,400 by 1940, second in employment size in the area only to the Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W), with 7,000. [3]