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Wilson Street residential area. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

College Avenue, the border of the residential district and Virginia Tech. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Part of the historic district of Blacksburg, most likely Main Street. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Two-story, one-room log house, one of the earliest remaining structures in the Blacksburg residential district. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of…

Two-story, two-room structure, one of the earliest domestic structures remaining in the Blacksburg residential district. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the…

Two-story, two-room Price House on the northeast side of Wharton Street. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Historic photo showing the original appearance of the Price House. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

One-room house dating from the antebellum period. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Two-story frame house dating from the third quarter of the nineteenth century. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Blacksburg Presbyterian church. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Meeting house used by Blacksburg's Presbyterian and Methodist congregations until 1847. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

A false front added to the building in the twentieth century fell off in 1986, allowing a partial restoration of the building. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created…

Historic photo of Deyerle's Store, built in 1875. Blacksburg's most substantial and best-preserved commercial building from the late nineteenth century (as of 1997). Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided.…

Deyerle's Store as of 1997. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Stream, presumably in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Small pond, presumably in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Combination store and dwelling from the nineteenth century, which used to house Conway's drugstore and residence. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time…

Historic doorway and window in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Plank and Hoge Store, later known as the Corner Drug Store. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Main Street Blacksburg in the late nineteenth century. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

One of the principal hotels in Blacksburg, which began as a tavern at the corner of Jackson and Main streets.

One-story frame house on Lee street, an example of a typical regional dwelling in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

More expensive, two-story version of the Bandy House, seen on Progress Street. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

One of the most ornate houses in Blacksburg from the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. The house is now altered, and is known as the McCoy Funeral Home (as of 1997). Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not…

House from the late nineteenth century in one of the region's most popular house forms of the period. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit…

Ornate example of one of the most popular house styles of the region in the late nineteenth century. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit…

One of only a few surviving houses on Main Street in downtown Blacksburg from the nineteenth century. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit…

House from the late nineteenth century on Lee Street. The style was typically utilized for industrial, domestic, and agricultural worker housing.

Bandy House on Lee Street. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Helton House, an example of common house styles in Blacksburg.

House belonging to Dora Mayes, who served Blacksburg for many years as a midwife. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Small, frame two-room dwelling in Keister's Addition. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Well-preserved, two-story, central-passage-plan dwelling. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

House built in the late nineteenth century as a part of Faculty Row, but was moved to Progress Street in 1929. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of…

Example of common house style of the nineteenth century. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Christ Church, built by a newly formed Episcopal congregation in the late 1870s and designed by New York architect Emlyn Littel. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were…

Interior of Christ Church in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, built around the turn of the century on the southwest side of Main Street. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit…

After the Bank was damaged by fire in 1923, a brick veneer was added to the building. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Interior of the Farmers' and Merchants' Bank, which housed the College Inn starting in 1929. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Large, American Foursquare dwelling in Blacksburg built by one of the town's most active contractors. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit…

Example of the popular one-and-one-half story bungalow ordered directly from the Sears and Roebuck catalog. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of…

Presbyterian Manse built in 1907, a traditional house plan with classical elements. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Sheriff Camper House, built in about 1910, with a unique plan. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Unusual and substansial version of the popular bungalow house style. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Convential local variant of the bungalow form on Wilson Avenue in Blacksburg. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Example of the bungalow or craftsmen style built for an elderly expatriate English couple. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Gazebo at the Bennett House. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

Large, two-story, frame dwelling with a traditional center-passage plan. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit migration.

House on the corner of Roanoke and Penn streets, which may derive from pattern-book interpretations of Federal and Colonial-era house plans rather than a regional source. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided.…