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The original Fire Station 7, located at 1742 Memorial Avenue.

Home formerly located at 815 S. Jefferson Street.

Roanoke High School was formerly located on the northeast corner of Church Avenue and 3rd Street where the Noel C. Taylor Municipal building stands today.

Woodlawn Avenue at the intersection with Montgomery Avenue.

A view of Mill Mountain from Old Southwest.

Looking north on 6th Street SE from Tazewell Avenue.

Looking north on 2nd Street NE.

Buildings once located at 2nd Street and Church Avenue where the Commonwealth Building stands today.

Demolition of the Commerce Street School, also known as the First Ward School.

View of the Municipal Building from 2nd Street and Campbell Avenue.

Carvins Cove Dam Shortly after completion. The reservoir would not be complete until the 1940s.

Carvins Cove Dam Shortly after completion. The reservoir would not be complete until the 1940s.

A view of Norfolk Avenue includes Bannister's Place (a boarding house) and HC Barnes Pharmacy. Buildings were located roughly where the Wells-Fargo Tower is today.

Orange Avenue, exact location unknown.

This monument was erected in 1925 by the Margaret Lynn Lewis Chapter of the DAR to honor Roanoke soldiers who served in World War I. It is located in Argonne Circle on King George Avenue.

John Nolen's plans for the City of Roanoke on display in the windows of Heironimus.

Apartments located at 2049 Windsor Avenue at the corner of Brunswick Street.

Quick Way convenience store, located at 2209 Brandon Avenue.

Highland Park Elementary School, located at 1212 5th Street.

Streetcar tracks on the 700 block of Memorial Avenue.

Vacant storefront on Williamson Road between Church Avenue and Kirk Avenue. The building was once occupied by blacksmith G.W. Copenhaver. The site is now a parking lot.

Norfolk & Western Salvage Warehouse, formerly located at 201 Campbell Avenue SE.

Carvins Cove Dam shortly after completion. The reservoir would not be complete until the 1940s.

Carvins Cove Dam shortly after completion. The reservoir would not be complete until the 1940s.

Lots for sale in front of the Norfolk & Western freight station on Norfolk Avenue.

Austin & Martin Auto Repair, formerly located at 223 Shenandoah Avenue NW.

Commerce Street School, also called First Ward School, was located at the corner of Church Avenue and 2nd (Commerce) Street. Built in 1890, it was razed in 1929 to make room for the post office.

Big Oak Filling Station was located around the 2500 block of Williamson Road.

Looking north on Jefferson Street from Elmwood Park.

Mick or Mack, formerly located at 310 2nd Street.

A view of the 200 block of Franklin Road, where the Verizon building sits today. First Baptist Church can be seen over the buildings at left. The building on the right with the round portion was the original First Baptist Church.

A view of the municipal building from the YMCA.

Commerce Street School being razed to make room for the post office. Greene Memorial United Methodist Church can be seen in background.

Jefferson Theatre, formerly located at 417 S. Jefferson Street.

The Patrick Henry Hotel.

Looking north on Jefferson Street from Campbell Avenue.

Demolition of St. John's Episcopal and a house on Church Avenue to make way for the post office.

A nearly gone Commerce Street or First Ward School. The school stood at Church Avenue and 2nd Street and was razed to make way for the post office.

A nearly gone Commerce Street or First Ward School. The school stood at Church Avenue and 2nd Street and was razed to make way for the post office.

Looking north on 2nd Street NE. Lick Run is the stream at right. Extreme right is the location of I581.

Looking north on 2nd Street NE at the intersection with Patton Avenue.

A view of Tinker Creek.

Looking north on 2nd Street just beyond Patton Avenue..

One-lane road under a Norfolk & Western underpass through which traffic accessing 460 East would pass.

Wilson & Company, seen in the foreground, was a wholesale meat company. It was located at 312 Campebell Avenue SE. Hotel Roanoke and N&W General Offices can be seen in background.

This monument was erected in 1925 by the Margaret Lynn Lewis Chapter of the DAR to honor Roanoke soldiers who served in World War I. It is located in Argonne Circle on King George Avenue.

Looking east on Church Avenue from the 100 block.

Gregory Avenue at the intersection with 2nd Street NE.

A view of Tinker Mountain.

Driving could be a challenge on Orange Avenue in its early days. View is looking west near Gainsboro Road.

St. Andrews Catholic Church.

Looking north on Avon Road at the intersection with Sherwood Avenue.
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