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Location of Roanoke in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Roanoke, Virginia. 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 ...
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.
The Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. The colony was founded in 1585, but when it was visited by a ship in 1590, the colonists had inexplicably disappeared.
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
Roanoke is the largest city along both the Appalachian Trail, which runs through Roanoke County just north of the city, [61] and the Blue Ridge Parkway, which runs just south of the city. [62] Carvins Cove, the third-largest municipal park in America at 12,700 acres (51 km 2), lies in northeast Roanoke County and southwest Botetourt County. [63]
The settlement now known as "The Lost Colony" was England's second attempt to colonize the Virginia territory in North America, following the failure of Ralph Lane's 1585 Roanoke settlement. [3]: 45, 80–81 The colonists arrived at Roanoke in July 1587, with John White as the appointed governor.
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 Region (/ ˈ r oʊ. ə ˌ n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) is the area of the Commonwealth of Virginia surrounding the city of Roanoke.Its usage may refer to the metropolitan statistical area or the Roanoke Valley, but it sometimes includes areas in the Allegheny Mountains and New River Valley which includes Alleghany County, Montgomery County, Covington, Clifton Forge, Blacksburg ...