Memorial Bridge under construction. Virginia Avenue bridge visible on left.
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Chapel and first sanctuary of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
Sanctuary of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
Virginia Heights Elementary School is seen in the background. In the foreground is the foundation being laid for Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
Parishioners in front of chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
Chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
Buildings along Bridge Street in Norwich.
Row houses were constructed in Norwich to house the laborers who worked in the various industries in the area.
Looking north on Bridge Street at the old truss bridge crossing the Roanoke River.
Looking south toward Norwich at Bridge Street.
Aerial view of Virginia Heights. Evergreen Cemetery is visible in the foreground; Memorial Bridge is visible in the lower right.
Construction of Mick-or-Mack Grocery, located at 1312 Winborne Avenue.
Garland's Drugstore under construction. Garland's opened in 1953.
Aerial view of the intersection of Grandin Road and Memorial Avenue.
Looking north on Greenwood Road from the intersection with Shirley Avenue.
Grandin Road Pharmacy. Located at 1314 Grandin Road, the building is now how to Gracie's Place Pizzeria and Local Roots Restaurant.
The Virginia Avenue Bridge or Woodrum Bridge was the predecessor to Memorial Bridge.
A crowd gathers for the dedication of Memorial Bridge on 30 August 1926, despite having been open to traffic since 6 May 1926.
Streetcar #47 on Grandin Road. This was the last streetcar to run in Roanoke.
A newly completed Woodrow Wilson Middle School, located at 1813 Carter Road.
Fishburn Park Elementary School, located at 3057 Colonial Avenue.
Raleigh Court Elementary School, located at 2202 Grandin Road, opened in 1960 and served students through the end of the 2009 school year.
The old campus-style Patrick Henry High School was dedicated on 17 December 1960. It was replaced with a conventional school building in 2008.
The gymnasium addition at Woodrow Wilson Middle School.
A newly constructed Virginia Heights Elementary School (right) stands next to the old Virginia Heights Elementary.
Grandin Court Elementary School, located at 2815 Spessard Avenue.
Wasena Elementary School, located at 1125 Sherwood Avenue.
Harris Hardwood Company office, formerly located just off of Ashlawn Street.
Raleigh Court Branch Library, located at 2112 Grandin Road.
Children in front of Virginia Heights Lutheran Church. The church was the predecessor of Christ Lutheran Church. This chapel was located at what is now 1320 Grandin Road.. Built in 1917, the chapel was in use by the congregation until 1948.
Unidentified children stand outside of Brice's Drugstore on Grandin Road.
An interior view of Garland's Drugstore at its original Grandin Road location.
Garland's Drugstore, formerly located at 1327 Grandin Road.
Visitors at the Roanoke Transportation Museum formerly located in Wasena Park. The museum opened in 1963.
N&W Class J 611 and N&W #6 on exhibit at the Roanoke Transportation Museum in Wasena Park.
Some of the exhibits at the Roanoke Transportation Museum in Wasena Park.
The Transportation Museum in Wasena Park submerged in flood waters from the flood of 1985.