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Today, Wasena is the location of the 41-acre (170,000 m 2) Wasena Park, Smith Park, Triangle Park, Valley Avenue Park and a portion of the Roanoke River Greenway. [3] Wasena Elementary School is the lone public school located within the neighborhood. [3] The Wasena Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 ...
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 district began its development with George Howbert's sale of his house and farmland to the Wasena Land Company in 1910. [3] At the time the only connection to the developed portion of the city was a wooden bridge spanning the Roanoke River; that bridge was reinforced with a steel frame concurrent to the neighborhood being graded and platted (it would be 1939 before the existing span was ...
Cosmetically restored by Norfolk Southern Chattanooga shops and returned to Roanoke. Blue Ridge Stone Whitcomb Switcher; Nickel Plate Road EMD GP-9 #532, donated to Roanoke Chapter of the NRHS. Southern (Ex-Central of Georgia) EMD SD-7 #197 [10] Sold to Southern Appalachia Railway Museum; Conrail SDP-45 #6670. Stored offsite; Wabash E8A #1009 ...
Annexed into Roanoke in 1976, Southern Hills is an area of contrasts with higher density residential and commercial development along 220 and rural, low density development at its interior. [54] Villa Heights. Villa Heights is located in northern Roanoke and is bound by Cove Road, Lafayette Boulevard, Melrose Avenue and the Roanoke Country Club ...
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] The Passenger Station was converted into offices when passenger service ended in the city in 1971, and was vacant from 1992 until being purchased by the Center in the Square foundation ...
It borders the neighborhoods of Greater Deyerle on the west, Wasena on the east, Cherry Hill, Mountain View and Norwich on the north and Franklin-Colonial and Grandin Court on the south. [1] Today the neighborhood is accessed from the downtown areas via the Memorial Bridge across the Roanoke River. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, Raleigh Court has ...
Mountain View, a 42-room mansion, was donated to the City of Roanoke in 1955 by Junius Fishburn to be used for recreational activities. It was placed on the Virginia Landmarks Register and received designation as a National Historic Landmark in 1981. [ 7 ]