Roanoke Warehouse Historic District

Roanoke Warehouse Historic District

Roanoke Warehouse Historic District, June 2010
Location 109-133 Norfolk Ave., SW, Roanoke, Virginia
Coordinates 37°16′23″N 79°56′37″W / 37.27306°N 79.94361°W / 37.27306; -79.94361Coordinates: 37°16′23″N 79°56′37″W / 37.27306°N 79.94361°W / 37.27306; -79.94361
Area 2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built 1889 (1889)-1902
NRHP Reference # 83003313[1]
VLR # 128-0046
Significant dates
Added to NRHP March 29, 1983
Designated VLR September 16, 1982[2]

Roanoke Warehouse Historic District, also known as 'Wholesale Row," is a national historic district located at Roanoke, Virginia. It encompasses five contributing buildings constructed between 1889 and 1902. All the buildings are constructed of brick, two-to-four stories in height and three-to-eleven bays in length. Two of the buildings have exceptional corbeled stepped gables in a Dutch-vernacular tradition. The buildings were erected for wholesale food storage.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (September 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Roanoke Warehouse Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map


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