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North Fork Valley Rural Historic District

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MPS
  
Montgomery County MPS

VLR #
  
060-0574

Area
  
41.28 km²

NRHP Reference #
  
90002169

Designated VLR
  
June 20, 1989

Added to NRHP
  
1 February 1991

North Fork Valley Rural Historic District

Location
  
Along the North Fork of the Roanoke R. from the Roanoke Co. line S to Lusters Gate, Blacksburg, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Center-passage plan

North Fork Valley Rural Historic District is a national historic district located near Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia. The district encompasses 125 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, and 18 contributing structures. It consists of a significant rural landscape and an important collection of domestic and agricultural buildings, reflecting important agricultural practices in the region from 1745-1940. It includes domestic and agricultural buildings, a historic archaeological site, as well as an early-20th century school, two late-19th century churches, and five mid- to late-19th century industrial resources including three standing mills, a tanyard site, and a brick kiln site.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.

References

North Fork Valley Rural Historic District Wikipedia