Roanoke Warehouse Historic District Explained

Roanoke Warehouse Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 16, 1982[1]
Designated Other1 Number:128-0046
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:109-133 Norfolk Ave., SW, Roanoke, Virginia
Coordinates:37.2731°N -79.9436°W
Built:-1902
Added:March 29, 1983
Refnum:83003313

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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 19 March 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Roanoke Warehouse Historic District. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. September 1982. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map