RC1 Memorial Bridge
description: Memorial Bridge under construction. Virginia Avenue bridge visible on left.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC2 Virginia Heights Baptist
description: Chapel and first sanctuary of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC3 Virginia Heights Baptist
description: Sanctuary of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC4 Virginia Heights Elementary
description: Virginia Heights Elementary School is seen in the background. In the foreground is the foundation being laid for Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC5 VHBC Sunday School
description: Parishioners in front of chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1927
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC6 VHBC Chapel
description: Chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1919
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC7 VHBC Parishioners
description: Parishioners in front of chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1920
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC8 Roanoke Avenue
description: A view of Roanoke Avenue in Norwich.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1928
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC9 Russell Avenue
description: A view of Russell Avenue in Norwich.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1928
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC10 Bridge Street
description: A view of Bridge Street in Norwich.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1928
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC11 Bridge Street
description: Buildings along Bridge Street in Norwich.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1928
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC12 Row Houses
description: Row houses were constructed in Norwich to house the laborers who worked in the various industries in the area.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1928
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC13 Bridge Street
description: Looking north on Bridge Street at the old truss bridge crossing the Roanoke River.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1928
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC14 Norwich
description: Looking south toward Norwich at Bridge Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1928
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC15 Virginia Heights
description: Aerial view of Virginia Heights. Evergreen Cemetery is visible in the foreground; Memorial Bridge is visible in the lower right.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1928
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC16 Memorial Bridge
description: Aerial view of Memorial Bridge.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1928
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC17 Mick-or-Mack
description: Construction of Mick-or-Mack Grocery, located at 1312 Winborne Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1955
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC18 Garlands Drugstore
description: Garland's Drugstore under construction. Garland's opened in 1953.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1952
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC19 Grandin and Memorial
description: Aerial view of the intersection of Grandin Road and Memorial Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1961
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC20 Shirley and Greenwood
description: Looking north on Greenwood Road from the intersection with Shirley Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC21 Grandin Road Pharmacy
description: Grandin Road Pharmacy. Located at 1314 Grandin Road, the building is now how to Gracie's Place Pizzeria and Local Roots Restaurant.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC22 Virginia Avenue Bridge
description: The Virginia Avenue Bridge or Woodrum Bridge was the predecessor to Memorial Bridge.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1915
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC23 Memorial Bridge
description: A crowd gathers for the dedication of Memorial Bridge on 30 August 1926, despite having been open to traffic since 6 May 1926.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 August 1926
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC24 Memorial Bridge
description: A crowd gathers for the dedication of Memorial Bridge on 30 August 1926, despite having been open to traffic since 6 May 1926.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 30 August 1926
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC25 Streetcar 47
description: Streetcar #47 on Grandin Road. This was the last streetcar to run in Roanoke.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1942
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC26 Woodrow Wilson Middle
description: A newly completed Woodrow Wilson Middle School, located at 1813 Carter Road.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1927
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC27 Fishburn Park Elementary
description: Fishburn Park Elementary School, located at 3057 Colonial Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1968
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC28 Raleigh Court Elementary
description: Raleigh Court Elementary School, located at 2202 Grandin Road, opened in 1960 and served students through the end of the 2009 school year.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1962
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC29 Patrick Henry High
description: The old campus-style Patrick Henry High School was dedicated on 17 December 1960. It was replaced with a conventional school building in 2008.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1962
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC30 Woodrow Wilson Middle
description: The gymnasium addition at Woodrow Wilson Middle School.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC31 Virginia Heights Elementary
description: A newly constructed Virginia Heights Elementary School (right) stands next to the old Virginia Heights Elementary.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1922
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC32 Grandin Court Elementary
description: Grandin Court Elementary School, located at 2815 Spessard Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC33 Wasena Elementary
description: Wasena Elementary School, located at 1125 Sherwood Avenue.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC34 Patrick Henry High
description: The old campus-style Patrick Henry High School was dedicated on 17 December 1960. It was replaced with a conventional school building in 2008.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1962
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC35 Harris Hardwood
description: Harris Hardwood Company office, formerly located just off of Ashlawn Street.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1960
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC36 Norwich Bridge
description: Norwich Bridge
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC37 Raleigh Court Library
description: Raleigh Court Branch Library, located at 2112 Grandin Road.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1968
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC38 Memorial Bridge
description: A view of Memorial Bridge
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1930
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC39 Lakewood Pond
description: Pond in Lakewood Park.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC40 Lakewood Pond
description: Pond in Lakewood Park.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC41 Virginia Heights Lutheran
description: 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.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1925
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC42 Children on Grandin
description: Unidentified children stand outside of Brice's Drugstore on Grandin Road.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1940
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC43 Garlands Drugstore
description: An interior view of Garland's Drugstore at its original Grandin Road location.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 1943
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC44 Garlands Drugstore
description: Garland's Drugstore, formerly located at 1327 Grandin Road.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1954
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC45 Transportation Museum
description: Visitors at the Roanoke Transportation Museum formerly located in Wasena Park. The museum opened in 1963.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1965
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC46 Transportation Museum
description: N&W Class J 611 and N&W #6 on exhibit at the Roanoke Transportation Museum in Wasena Park.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC47 Transportation Museum
description: Some of the exhibits at the Roanoke Transportation Museum in Wasena Park.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: Circa 1970
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image

RC48 Transportation Museum
description: The Transportation Museum in Wasena Park submerged in flood waters from the flood of 1985.
publisher: Roanoke Public Libraries
date: 5 November 1985
contributor: Nelson Harris
rights: Please contact the Virginia Room at 540.853.2073 for permission to use.
format: Photograph
type: Still Image