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Sarvey Men's Clothing Store
Photograph from the late nineteenth century of the Sarvey Men's Clothing Store, which preceded the Plank and Hoge Store. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the…
Plank and Hoge Store
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.
Blacksburg in the Late 19th Century
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.
George Keister Hotel
One of the principal hotels in Blacksburg, which began as a tavern at the corner of Jackson and Main streets.
Bandy House
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.
Cartmell T. Brown House
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.
Alexander Black House
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…
A. W. Luster House
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…
House on Lee and Wharton
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…
Bennet-Pugh House
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…
Lee Street House
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
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
Helton House, an example of common house styles in Blacksburg.
Mayes House
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.
Woolwine House and Nursery School
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 Cartmell T. Brown House
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.
401 Progress Street
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…
604 Progress Street
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
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…
Christ Church Interior
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.
Blacksburg Map (Sanborn 3)
Section 3 of the Sanborn Insurance map, showing the buildings of Blacksburg, their materials, and the first-floor plan. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the…
Farmers' and Merchants' Bank
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…
Farmers' and Merchants' Bank with Veneer
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.
College Inn Restaurant
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.
Wes Gray House
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…
Janie Calloway House
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
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
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.
210 Roanoke Street
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.
Effinger House
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.
Bennett House
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.
Bennett House Gazebo
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.
Ellett House
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.
Brick House
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.…
Keister-Eakin House
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…
Blacksburg Presbyterian 1904
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.
Blacksburg Methodist Church
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.
St. Paul's African Methodist Episcopal Church
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.
St. Paul's Interior
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. Mary's Roman Catholic Church
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.
Blacksburg Christian Church
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.
Plank and Hoge Building
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.
Logan Martin Store
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.
Ellett's Drugstore Building
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.
Refaced Ellett's Drugstore
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.
Blue Ribbon Cafe
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.
Bank of Blacksburg
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.
Bank of Blacksburg 1920
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.
Louise's Dress Shop and Thomas Pierce Real Estate Agency
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.
Kessler-Linkous House
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…