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Roanoke Warehouse Historic District

Coordinates: 37°16′23″N 79°56′37″W / 37.27306°N 79.94361°W / 37.27306; -79.94361
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Roanoke Warehouse Historic District
Roanoke Warehouse Historic District, June 2010
Roanoke Warehouse Historic District is located in Virginia
Roanoke Warehouse Historic District
Roanoke Warehouse Historic District is located in the United States
Roanoke Warehouse Historic District
Location109-133 Norfolk Ave., SW, Roanoke, Virginia
Coordinates37°16′23″N 79°56′37″W / 37.27306°N 79.94361°W / 37.27306; -79.94361
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Built1889 (1889)-1902
NRHP reference No.83003313[1]
VLR No.128-0046
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 29, 1983
Designated VLRSeptember 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

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved March 19, 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 Archived 2012-09-27 at the Wayback Machine