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Norfolk and Western Railway Freight Station

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Built
  
c. 1918 (1918)

VLR #
  
128-6162

Area
  
1 ha

NRHP Reference #
  
12000969

Designated VLR
  
September 20, 2012

Added to NRHP
  
21 November 2012

Norfolk and Western Railway Freight Station

Location
  
303 Norfolk Ave, Roanoke, Virginia

Built by
  
Norfolk and Western Railway

Similar
  
Blue Ridge Mountains, Mill Mountain Zoo, Roanoke Mountain, Valley View Mall, Hotel Roanoke

Norfolk and Western Railway Freight Station is a historic freight depot located in the Melrose-Rugby neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. It encompasses 111 contributing buildings and 2 contributing objects in a planned residential subdivision, with most of the dwellings being built between the late 1910s and late 1940s. It is a primarily residential district with single-family dwellings. The houses include American Craftsman-style bungalow, American Foursquare, and Cape Cod style. The building houses the Virginia Museum of Transportation

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

References

Norfolk and Western Railway Freight Station Wikipedia