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Strouble's Creek
Strouble's Creek, Blacksburg, VA.
Yellow Sulphur Springs
Yellow Sulphur Springs Resort in Montgomery County, VA.
Old Hotel at Yellow Sulphur Springs
Old Hotel at Yellow Sulphur Springs in Montgomery County, VA.
Yellow Sulphur Springs Hotel
Yellow Sulphur Springs hotel, built in 1810. Image c. 1924.
Central Hotel Building
Central Hotel building at Yellow Sulphur Springs, built in the 1880s.
Lyric Theatre Sketch
Sketch of the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.
Front of Lyric Theatre
Front of the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA.
Louis Philippe Smithey
Architect and engineer Louis Philippe Smithey, who helped build the Lyric Theatre.
Lyric Theatre 1910
The Lyric Theatre in its 1910 location.
Composite Map of Blacksburg
Composite of all 6 Sanborn Company Fire Insurance Maps.
Blacksburg Municipal Building
Blacksburg Municipal building on South Main Street, constructed in 1969.
Corning Glass Works
Corning Glass Works plant south of Blacksburg, opened in 1964.
Terrace View Apartments
Terrace View apartments, the first large student complex, was built in 1970.
Roanoke Street
Roanoke Street, historic route of the northerly road from Botetourt County that led southwest toward Tennessee and Kentucky. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at…
Blacksburg Historic District
Historic district of 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.
Progress Street
Progress Street residential area. 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.
Wilson Street
Wilson Street residential area. 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 Avenue
College Avenue, the border of the residential district and 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 migration.
Historic District
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.
Map of Montgomery County
Map of Montgomery County. 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.
Modern Blacksburg and Land Grants
Map of Blacksburg, with its modern boundaries superimposed on a plan of the earliest land grants. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of exhibit…
Blacksburg Grid
Map of Blacksburg grid, with the town as it was originally laid out by founder William Black. 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.
Goodrich-Helm-Lancaster House
A two-story, two-room log residence, possibly built before 1830. 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.
Lewis Miller Drawing
1853 drawing of Blacksburg by Lewis Miller. 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 Inn
Colonial Inn 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
Adam Croy House
Two-story, one-room log house, one of the earliest remaining structures in the Blacksburg residential district. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time of…
Spout Spring House
Two-story, two-room structure, one of the earliest domestic structures remaining in the Blacksburg residential district. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the…
Price House
Two-story, two-room Price House on the northeast side of Wharton 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 Price House
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.
Croy House
One-room house dating from the antebellum 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 migration.
Martin-Richardson House
Two-story frame house dating from the third quarter 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.
Blacksburg Presbyterian
Blacksburg Presbyterian 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.
Old Presbyterian and Methodist Meeting House
Meeting house used by Blacksburg's Presbyterian and Methodist congregations until 1847. 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.
Partial Restoration of Blacksburg Presbyterian
A false front added to the building in the twentieth century fell off in 1986, allowing a partial restoration of the building. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created…
Historic Deyerle's Store
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.…
Deyerle's Store
Deyerle's Store as of 1997. 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.
Stream
Stream, presumably 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.
Small Pond
Small pond, presumably 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.
W. B. Conway Building
Combination store and dwelling from the nineteenth century, which used to house Conway's drugstore and residence. Image used in previous iteration of web exhibit and captions were not provided. Image titles and descriptions were created at the time…
Historic Arches
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.
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…