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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