Virginia Room Digital Collection

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The Birches was the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.M. Caldwell. It is located at 1525 Memorial Avenue SW.

Attendees at the last worship service in the wooden A-frame chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church before moving worship to the new brick sanctuary.

Looking west on Memorial Avenue (then Virginia Avenue) from Grandin Road at the original A-frame chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church (foreground) and construction of new brick sanctuary.

The new sanctuary of Virginia Heights Baptist Church under construction on Memorial Avenue (then Virginia Avenue).

Laying of the cornerstone for the new sanctuary of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.

Interior of the original wooden chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.

Wooden chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church on what is now the 2000 block of Memorial Avenue, SW (then Virginia Avenue) near the intersection with Grandin Road.

The original A-frame chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church is being moved to make way for the construction of a new sanctuary.

Original A-frame chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church is being moved to make way for the construction of brick sanctuary.

A newly constructed Virginia Heights Elementary School (right) stands next to the old Virginia Heights Elementary.

Aerial view of Memorial Bridge.

Aerial view of Virginia Heights. Evergreen Cemetery is visible in the foreground; Memorial Bridge is visible in the lower right.

Parishioners in front of chapel of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.

Parishioners in front of chapel 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.

Chapel and first sanctuary of Virginia Heights Baptist Church.

"Virginia Heights Bridge and Roanoke River"

"Virginia Heights"

"Virginia Heights Baptist Church, Roanoke, Virginia."

"Virginia Heights Baptist Church, organized 1919. Educational building erected 1922; The auditorium of Colonial design throughout, with complete cooling system, was erected in 1938. Located in the Magic City of Roanoke, Virginia, the gateway to…

Aerial view of Virginia Heights

Virginia Heights Baptist Church, located at 2014 Memorial Avenue SW.

Interior view of the Virginia Heights Book Station. The Virginia Heights Book Station was a precursor to the Raleigh Court Branch Library. It was located in the Masonic Lodge building at Grandin Road and Memorial Avenue.
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