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Members of the Blacksburg Volunteer Fire Department sit in the back of the town's first fire truck.

View of a street 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.

Originally used by the Catholics in Blacksburg, the parish left the building in the 1970s and it was adapted for use by an Anglican Parish. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions…

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.

Western Auto Store, built in about 1960. 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 William Price building and the one-story building next to it that houses Modern Barber Shop and Harleys Shoe Repair. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created…

Built in 1950 to update existing building stock 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.

Colonial-style apartments built to accommodate the rising student population at 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…

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…

Second building of the Lyric Theatre, completed in 1930. 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.

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.

Christ Episcopal Church, with the addition of a stone tower. 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.

Plans for the expansion of the Christ Episcopal Church after 1910. 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.

Revival-style educational building built by the Presbyterian congregation in 1926. 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 a frame house in Blacksburg built after 1921. 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.

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.

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.

Interior of the D. Cameron and Mabel Price Lucas 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.

Example of a bungalow on Lee Street, built 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.

Built in the early twentieth century by the Blacksburg Milling and Supply Company. Later rehabilitated in the 1940s. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the…

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…

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.

Bank of Blacksburg built in 1920. 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.

Bank of Blacksburg built in 1942. 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.

Frame commercial building of two stories built in the early twentieth 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.

Ellett's Drugstore Building refaced in 1934 to create a portion of the William Preston Hotel. 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.

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.

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.

Plank and Hoge building in downtown Blacksburg from the early 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.

Blacksburg Christian Church, now the Blacksburg Jewish Community Center. 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.

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, dating from the 1930s. 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 St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal 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.

St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church, built around 1901. 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 Methodist Church of about 1910, later adapted for use as a fellowship 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 migration.

Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, built in 1904. 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.

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…

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.…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…