5-681: Roanoke Downtown Historic District may refer to: Roanoke Downtown Historic District (Alabama) , listed on the NRHP in Alabama Roanoke Downtown Historic District (Roanoke, Virginia) , listed on the NRHP in Virginia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Roanoke Downtown Historic District . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
10-524: A textile mill in Roanoke in 1901, which would remain the major employer in the town until its closing in the early 1980s. The district consists of 68 contributing properties , covering about 18 acres (7 ha) around the intersection of six streets at the town's center. Although most buildings are one story, notable multi-story buildings include the two-story Bank Building, built in Beaux-Arts style around 1909 in
15-794: A wedge-shaped lot in the center of the district, and the three-story First National Bank building, built in 1920 in Neoclassical style. Also notable are the Romanesque Old City Hall (1890), the Victorian Gothic First Baptist Church (1901), and the Art Moderne City Hall (1935). The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. This article about a property in Alabama on
20-798: Is a historic district in Roanoke, Alabama . Roanoke was settled in the 1830s, but became a major agricultural trading center in East Alabama following the Civil War . The Central of Georgia Railway extended its line to the town in 1887, soon followed by the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railway , and a large cotton warehouse was founded the same year. The commercial district began growing from this time, mostly with one-story brick structures, some of which carry influences from Romanesque Revival , Italianate , and Beaux-Arts details. The W. A. Handley Company built
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