Montgomery County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Religion
Blacksburg (Va.)
Baptist church buildings
Baptists
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College
Architectural drawings
Drawing of Blacksburg Baptist Church in 1952, two-story brick building with double entrances
Unknown
See the finding aid for the Historical Photograph Collection.
1852
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Scenes around Blacksburg
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No script-based materials
Drawings
Businesspeople
Two men in coats & top hats sit in a pasture overlooking Blacksburg, VA
c. 1800s
Blacksburg View, Roanoke Street --Early 1900's
Roads
Very blurry photo of a sinkhole on the side of Roanoke St. in Blacksburg, VA
c. 1910s
Methodist church buildings
Methodist Church (U.S.)
Decoration
Inside of Methodist Church in Blacksburg, VA covered in garlands and bells
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
A white one-story building on Smithfield Plantation
c. 1900s
Luther Memorial Lutheran Church
Outside of Lutheran Church on Price's Fork Rd. in Blacksburg, VA
c. 1940s
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets
V.P.I. cadets lining the outside of Blacksburg Baptist Church
Photo of Blacksburg United Methodist Church, taken before 1900
Sanctuary of Christ Episcopal Church, Blacksburg
Sketch of the Sanctuary of Christ Episcopal Church in Blacksburg, VA
Holiday decorations
Inside of the chapel of Luther Memorial Church in Blacksburg, VA during Christmas
1923
The inside of the chapel of Lutheran Church in Blacksburg during christmastime
c. 1970s
Drawn postcard of the outside of Blacksburg Presbyterian Church
1904
English
Postcards
Outside view of Whisner Memorial Methodist Church in Blacksbuirg, VA
Slightly damaged photo of Blacksburg United Methodist Church, taken before 1900
Outside view of a rural, one room church in Blackburg, VA
c. 1920s
Photo of a brick addition to Blacksburg Baptist Church
VPI cadets sitting in Blacksburg Baptist church for Sunday school
Architectural drawing--20th century
Sketch of a potential Brodie tower additon to Christ Episcopal Church in Blacksburg, VA
Bolton, Meade
Community organization
Men work on building the outside of Blacksburg town hall
Heiskell, Lawrence
c. 1960s
Color postcard of the outside of Electro-Tec corporation building in Blacksburg
View from parking lot of Blacksburg townhall, a two story brick and cement building with cars parked infront of it
1968
Outside view of Blacksburg townhall in the 1960s, a one story brick building with a flat roof and flagpole out front.
Post office buildings
Two men stand on a crane while working on the construction of a loading platform for the Post Office in Blacksburg, VA
c. 1968
A building on fire at night in Blacksburg, VA
A man leans against a large cement water tank in Blacksburg, VA
Department stores
Firemen and cadets work to extinguish a fire at the Chevrolet Garage in downtown Blacksburg
c. 1932
Railroad
Men stand in a partially constructed watertower next to railroad tracks, photo captioned "Jno. Cormell Con. For. Poor Div. N+W."
Cadets work to put out a fire in the Blacksburg Hardware Store in 1923, V.P.I had the only fire department in the town of Blacksburg
Fire at the Blacksburg Hardware Store, 1923
Photo from second story building window of police and crowds gathering to watch V.P.I. Cadets put out a fire in Blacksburg Hardware
Fire at the Chevrolet Garage in Downtown Blacksburg
Men gather around as V.P.I firemen worked to put out a fire at Blacksburg Hardware in downtown Blacksburg.
Very blurry photo of a sinkhole on the side of a dirt road somewhere in Southwest Virginia
A black and white sketch of an unspecified church in Southwest Virginia
A lovers lane in Blacksburg, VA in roughly 1940. Lights line the sidewalk and people stand along the path
Robertson
c. 1940
A lovers lane shaded by Elm trees on the Main Walk in Blacksburg, VA
1924
A lovers lane on V.P.I's campus blanketed in snow, captioned "Lovers Lane; 1913"
1913
Photograph looking down a 'Lovers Lane' walkway shaded by trees and buildings covered in ivy
c. 1900
Scenic view of a lake surronded by rocky hills and trees, captioned "Lover's Leap. New River"
c. 1896
A log house with a stone fireplace in a fenced-in grass field. Located on Smithfield Plantation in Blacksburg, VA
View from street of a rundown, one-story home in Blacksburg, VA
A horse poses in the center of a field at Smithfield Plantation
c. 1905
Preston Burying Ground at Smithfield Plantation
Photo of an overgrown cemetery with graves located on Smithfield Plantation
Black and white photo of the Smithfield Plantation house covered in snow
Black and white photo of a bed with four long bedposts, a bassinet, a painting, and two large windows in Smithfield Plantation
Black and white photo of an engraved wooden cabinet in Smithfield Plantation
Black and white photo of china dishes on a table in Smithfield Plantation
Veltri, Bob
View of the north part of Blacksburg, 1916
Overhead view of Blacksburg in 1916, with the caption '"North part of town, Barracks 244, 1916"
1916
Picture of mountains in the distance in Southwest Virginia
Giles County (Va.)
Waterfalls
Two people with a dog standing next to Cascade Falls in Giles County, VA
c. 2000s
Sketch of Blacksburg in 1853, A single large road lined with houses and building, moutains in the background
Miller, Lewis
c. 1853