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Main Street Blacksburg, VA, looking south, taken at about the North Main St. entrance to mall circa 1920s-1930s.

Main Street Blacksburg, VA, looking toward Machine Shops around 1900-1904.

Undated image of Main Street, Blacksburg, VA.

Main Street, Blacksburg, circa 1960s.

Main Street, Blacksburg, VA, circa 1907.

Main Street, Blacksburg, VA, circa 1900-1919.

Color image of Main Street, Blacksburg, VA.

Sketch of the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.

The Lyric Theatre in its 1910 location.

The original Lyric Theatre, opened on April 14, 1930.

Tudor Revival-style house 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.

Commercial structure on the northwest side of Main Street 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.

Architect and engineer Louis Philippe Smithey, who helped build the Lyric Theatre.

Current site of Apperson development in Blacksburg, VA, taken from what is now Patrick Henry.

Cassell Coliseum, from what is now West Campus Drive in Blacksburg, VA.

The town of Blacksburg acquired the Logan Martin Store and converted it in 1939 for use as a town hall. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit…

Logan Martin store, built in the mid-1920s. 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 from the late nineteenth century on Lee Street. The style was typically utilized for industrial, domestic, and agricultural worker housing.

Dwelling that was converted into a large rooming house with the pressures on housing increased by the growth of the student body. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were…

Redesigned house on Main Street that incorporates the frame and some interior details of the earlier Queen Anne style. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the…

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…

Hunter's Masonic Lodge No. 156, built on Roanoke Street in Blacksburg in 1928. 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.

The Huckleberry Train stuck in snow.

Last run of the Huckleberry train.

Huckleberry Station in Blacksburg, VA, built in 1911-1912.

Huckleberry Rails in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Flower garden at the Huckleberry station.

Flower garden at the Huckleberry station.

Postcard depicting a Huckleberry Railroad train and its crew.

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…

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.

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.

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.…

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.

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

Apartments on Harding Avenue in Blacksburg, viewed from the 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.

Apartments on Harding 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.

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

Cupboard at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.

Piece of furniture at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.

Interior of a bedroom at Smithfield Plantation, Blacksburg, VA.

Front of the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.

Colonial Revival-style house 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.

First depot for the Huckleberry Railroad in Blacksburg, VA.

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.

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…

Oil painting of the entrance to Virginia Tech's campus by Chester Leich in 1931.

Ellett's Drugstore Building of 1900, later refaced. 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.

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.