Virginia Room Digital Collection

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The Virginia Room Digital Collection includes photographs, oral histories, books, pamphlets and finding aids to items in the Virginia Room. Continue to check back for new additions.

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Motorman Homer Turner poses with Car 45 under the Walnut Avenue Bridge. Car 45 served the Belmont/9th Street/West End line.

371 Walnut Avenue, SW

414 Walnut Avenue, SW

Another view of Brill car Number 44 after a collision with a Virginian Railway locomotive under the Walnut Avenue Bridge.

Brill car Number 44 after a collision with a Virginian Railway locomotive under the Walnut Avenue bridge.

Roanoke Railway & Electric Company Walnut Avenue Steam Plant. In front of the plant is the old streetcar barn

A panoramic view showing Mill Mountain looming over the Walnut Avenue Steam Plant of the Roanoke Railway & Electric Company.

Corner store formerly located at the intersection of Walnut Avenue and Jefferson Street. Walnut Avenue Meat Market, Hutson's Grocery and the American Cafe were among its tenants. The Bridge Inn is just visible at left.

Southern States Cooperative Mills, located at 1003 Walnut Avenue.

Southern States Cooperative Mills, located at 1003 Walnut Avenue.

Southern States Cooperative Mills, located at 1003 Walnut Avenue.

Aerial view of Roanoke Railway & Electric Company's power station, substation, car barn and shops.

Aerial view of Roanoke Railway & Electric Company's power station, substation, car barn and shops.

Side view of the Walnut Avenue and Jefferson Street bridges.

Looking south from Highland Park.

Walnut Avenue Bridge.

Walnut Avenue Bridge under construction.

Walnut Avenue Bridge under construction.

Walnut Avenue Bridge under construction.

Cook Electric Sign atop AEP plant, formerly located at Walnut Avenue and 3rd Street.

Located at 414 Walnut Avenue, this home was built by J.H. Gibboney, a chemist at Norfolk & Western. One of many examples of the Queen Anne style of Architecture in the Roanoke Valley.

Jefferson Hospital is structure on the left. It was located on Franklin Road; view looking at intersection with Walnut Avenue.
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