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Old Mill Building
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…
D. Cameron and Mabel Price Lucas House
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.
D. Cameron and Mabel Price Lucas House Interior
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.
Lucas House no. 1
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.
Frame Building at 404 Progress Street
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.
511 Lee Street
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.
Presbyterian Education Building
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.
Christ Episcopal Church Plans
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.
Christ Episcopal Church
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.
Hunter's Masonic Lodge No. 156
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.
Second Building of the Lyric Theater
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.
Logan Martin Store Building
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…
Strickler Apartments
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…
Bank of Blacksburg Annex
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.
Commercial Buildings
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…
Western Auto Store
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.
Harding Avenue Apartments
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.
Harding Avenue Apartments from Street
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.
St. Mary's Catholic Parish
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…
Blacksburg
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.
Map of the State of Virginia
Map of the State of Virginia by Herman Boye.
Historical Map of Montgomery County
Map of Montgomery County, VA.
Map of Blacksburg Railroad
Map of the railroad in and around Blacksburg, VA.
Map of Montgomery County
Map of Montgomery County, VA, including primary and secondary highways.
Map of Merrimac, Virginia
Map of the 1937 Merrimac community, produced by the Appalachian Studies Program and the Landscape Architecture Program at Virginia Tech in 1996.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Blacksburg, Sheet 1
Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Blacksburg, Sheet 2
Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Blacksburg, Sheet 3
Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Blacksburg, Sheet 4
Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Blacksburg, Sheet 5
Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Blacksburg, Sheet 6
Map of Blacksburg, VA, from the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company.
Street Map and Guide to Blacksburg, Virginia
Map shows streets of Blacksburg, VA, with local businesses advertised around the border. Document also includes index for main buildings of VPI.
Blacksburg, Virginia
Map shows Blacksburg, Virginia, with an index to streets and to primary buildings on the VPI campus.
Town of Blacksburg Zoning Map
Map shows different zones within the town of Blacksburg, Virginia.
Huckleberry Train Snowbound
The Huckleberry Train stuck in snow.
The Huckleberry Snowbound
The back of the Huckleberry Train, stuck in the snow.
Train on the Huckleberry Line
Earl Palmer photograph of the front of a train on the Huckleberry line.
Blacksburg Station
Blacksburg Station, showing Huckleberry Line.
Huckleberry Train
Last run of the Huckleberry train.
Huckleberry Flower Garden
Flower garden at the Huckleberry station.
Huckleberry Flower Garden
Flower garden at the Huckleberry station.
Blacksburg Station Flower Garden
Flower garden at Blacksburg Station.
Blacksburg's First Fire Truck
Members of the Blacksburg Volunteer Fire Department sit in the back of the town's first fire truck.
Blacksburg Postcard 1910
Postcard of Blacksburg, VA, circa 1910. Possibly depicting Alumni Gates.
Archaeology in Blacksburg
Article about archaeological history in Blacksburg, VA.
L.B. Dietrick's Blacksburg and VPI
A lengthy recollection of his father's Blacksburg from the 1920s to the 1940s by Dr. Ronald B. Dietrick.
Nostalgia
Keith Furr recalls life in Blacksburg during the 1960s in an email to Laura Katz Smith in 1996.
Roseanna Croy Dawson Introduction
Introduction to the diaries of Roseanna Croy Dawson.
Roseanna Croy Dawson Family Genealogy
Genealogy information about the family of Roseanna Croy Dawson.
Some Memories of Blacksburg
Jamie Kinzer Calloway, Mary Mathews Robeson, and French Pack, Jr. discuss their memories of Blacksburg.