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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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]
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
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 ...
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.